Under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector Phase- II, Ministry of Heavy Industries has sanctioned a Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) at Welding Research Institute (WRI), Trichy- BHEL for imparting skilling in Advanced Welding Technologies.  The total project cost is Rs. 87.06 Crore out of which sanctioned MHI grant is Rs. 69.648 Crore.  Under this project, so far more than 7000 welding professionals have been trained.  Further, this is a Pan India demand driven Scheme and state-wise distribution/ details are not mandated in the Scheme.

The details of the funds allocated and its utilization under the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector Phase- I and II” is as given under:

(Amount in Rs Crores)

Financial Year	Allocation at RE stage	Funds released
2014-15	24.00	2.80
2015-16	23.00	22.87
2016-17	60.50	59.97
2017-18	110.00	109.72
2018-19	110.50	110.4483
2019-20	102.30	102.16184
2020-21	55.52	54.2197
2021- 22	29.00	28.933925
2022-23	199.60	199.24
2023-24	187.20	83.3431
2024-25	120.00/184.00 *	(As on 03.02.2025) 134.55

* Current allocation

This information was given by the Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries, Shri Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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