New Delhi, 10 Mar, 2015: Government has approved ‘Technology Centre Systems Programme (TCSP)’ under which 15 new Technology Centres are to be established in the country, and the existing Technology Centres are to be upgraded. The programme is to be implemented over a period of 6 years. The Programme Steering Committee (PSC) has identified the following 9 locations for establishment of new Technology Centres as on date, where the State Governments have offered land:
| S. No. | Location | State |
| (i) | Durg | Chattisgarh |
| (ii) | (a) Saha (Ambala)
(b) Rohtak |
Haryana |
| (iii) | Baddi (Solan) | Himachal Pradesh |
| (iv) | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| (v) | Bhiwadi (Alwar) | Rajasthan |
| (vi) | (a) Bangalore
(b) Gulbarga (c) Kolar |
Karnataka |
| (vii) | Imphal | Manipur |
| (viii) | Itanagar | Arunachal Pradesh |
| (ix) | Kathua | Jammu & Kashmir |
The total estimated cost of the programme is Rs. 2200 crore including World Bank Loan assistance of USD 200 million. The establishment of new Technology Centres under World Bank assisted TCSP is under process. Further, a list of 18 Technology Centres already existing prior to commencement of TCSP is:
| Sr.No. | Name of the Technology Centre | Location | State |
| 1. | Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| 2. | Indo Danish Tool Room (IDTR), | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand |
| 3. | Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC) | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| 4. | Tool Room & Training Centre (TRTC) | Guwahati | Assam |
| 5. | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR) | Aurangabad | Maharashtra |
| 6. | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR) | Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7. | Indo German Tool Room (IGTR) | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| 8. | Central Tool Room (CTR) | Ludhiana | Punjab |
| 9. | Central Institute of Hand Tools (CIHT) | Jalandhar | Punjab |
| 10. | Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| 11. | Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI) | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 12. | Electronics Service & Training Centre (ESTC) | Ramnagar | Uttarakhand |
| 13. | Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC) | Agra | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14. | Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC) | Meerut | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15. | Centre for Development of Glass Industry(CDGI) | Firozabad | Uttar Pradesh |
| 16. | Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre(FFDC) | Kannauj | Uttar Pradesh |
| 17. | Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) | Agra | Uttar Pradesh |
| 18. | Central Footwear Training Institute (CFTI) | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
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