The Central . Motor .Vehicles . Rules 1989  provides for driving training as it directly as well as indirectly helps in ensuring good driving skills and knowledge of rules of road regulation among drivers. The Government of India implements scheme for setting of model Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR), Regional Driving Training Centre (RDTC) and Driving Training Centre (DTC) at district level.

 

The financial assistance under these schemes are as under:-

 

Sl. No.	Scheme	Financial assistance
1	Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR)	Maximum Rs.18.50 crore per IDTR
2	Regional Driving Training Centre (RDTC)	Maximum Rs.5.00 crore per RDTC
3	Driving Training Centre (DTC)	50% of the project cost subject to a maximum of Rs 1.00 crore per DTC

 

 

State-wise details of DTI/IDTR/RDTC sanctioned by the Ministry is given below

 

 

State/UT	DTI/IDTR location	RDTC location
ANDHRA PRADESH	Vijayawada
	Dasri
ASSAM	Dispur
BIHAR	Aurangabad
CHHATTISGARH	Naya Raipur
HARYANA	Rohtak
	Bhiwani
HIMACHAL PRADESH	Mandi
	Sarkaghat
JAMMU AND KASHMIR	jammu
JHARKHAND	Jamshedpur
KARNATAKA	Bellary
KERALA	Eddappal
MADHYA PRADESH	Indore
	Chhindwara
MAHARASHTRA	Pune	Vardha
	Lature	Nanded
	Nagpur	Sangli
		Nagpur
MANIPUR	Imphal
NAGALAND	Dimapur
ODISHA	Jajpur
RAJASTHAN	Rajsamand
SIKKIM	Pakyong
TELANGANA	Karimnagar
TRIPURA	Agartala
UTTAR PRADESH	Kanpur
UTTARAKHAND	Dehradun
WEST BENGAL	Jassore	Kolkatta
DELHI	Sarai Kale Khan
Total	29	05

 

This information was given by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of  Road Transport & Highways in reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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