Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today that for all government ITIs in the states, the hostel fees for nine months has been waived off.
This will benefit around 30,000 students studying in different state ITIs.
As per the instructions of Chief Minister from the month of April to December 2020 the hostel fee have been waived.
The students were not staying in the hostel as the classes had been stopped due to COVID -19 vaccine.
Students living in ITI hostel generally pay Rs. 125 per month for hostel fees. Therefore each student will be exempted from the hostel fees of 1,125 due in nine months.
Ms Kalinga