Odisha govt, Centre spar over the issue of land allotment to IIM-Sambalpur

Odisha govt, Centre spar over the issue of land allotment to IIMSambalpur In June this year, the Odisha govt, through a cabinet approval, sanctioned the lease of government land measuring 181 acres for establishment of a permanent campus of IIM-S

Education News : The Centre and the Odisha government are at loggerheads over the issue of land allotment to premier B-school Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur (IIM-S).

With both the Centre and the state stubborn on their demand regarding taking ownership of the land, the delay in construction of the permanent campus within the time frame is only inevitable.

“The state government is owner of the land. The fees to be charged from the IIM will be a little more than Rs 30,000. All other institutions of national importance like National Institute of Science Education and Research and Indian Institute of TechnologyBhubaneswar have been given land on lease. No institution is spared from annual ground rent and cess,” said a senior government official.

In June this year, the Odisha government, through a cabinet approval, sanctioned the lease of government land measuring 181 acres for establishment of a permanent campus of IIM-S under Sambalpur tahsil…Read more

News Source: BS/ Business Standard