UP govt to set up Rs 2-bn political training institute in Ghaziabad

Another proposal for establishing an agricultural institute in the Terai district of Lakhimpur Kheri was also given the state Cabinet's nod

To groom professional political leadership in the country, the Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday announced that it will set up a Political Training Institute in the National Capital Region (NCR).  

The institute is proposed to be set up over an area of almost 10 acres in Ghaziabad at a cost of nearly Rs 2 billion.   

The Adityanath Cabinet on Wednesday passed the proposal in this regard, thus clearing the decks for the setting up of the specialised school to run professional courses for training and mentoring prospective political leaders. It is targeted to be up and running in the next