Chitrakoot to Get 300 Seat Digital Library and Coaching Centre, Funded by Rs 7 Crore NITI Aayog Reward

NITI Aayog's Empowered Committee has approved a new digital library and coaching centre for Chitrakoot district, to be built using the Rs 7 crore reward money the district won for topping the national digital ranking of aspirational districts. The facility will seat close to 300 students at a time.

Students preparing for competitive exams in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, will soon have access to a brand new digital library and coaching centre after the Empowered Committee of NITI Aayog cleared the project. The move comes as a relief for hundreds of young aspirants who have long struggled to find adequate space and resources to study.

For years, most students in the district had no option but to prepare for competitive exams at a private library, a coaching centre, or simply at home. For many young people who had finished school or college and were preparing for government job exams, the lack of a proper place to study remained their biggest hurdle. Recognising this gap, the district administration had earlier set up a library of its own. However, as word spread, the number of students walking in grew steadily, and the existing facility, with room for barely 100 students at a time, quickly ran out of space, leaving a large number of young aspirants unable to find a seat.

A Bigger, Digital Upgrade in the Works
To address this shortage, the district magistrate has now set the wheels in motion for a second, more advanced facility, a modern digital library combined with a coaching centre. With approval already granted by NITI Aayog's Empowered Committee, officials say hundreds of students across Chitrakoot stand to benefit once construction is complete, gaining access to updated study material and technology to prepare for their exams.

How the Rs 7 Crore Reward Will Fund It
The funding for this project traces back to an achievement of its own. Under the aspirational districts programme, districts across the country are tracked on their progress in areas such as education, health and infrastructure, and those that perform well on this scale receive incentive money. Under this very framework, Chitrakoot topped the nationwide digital ranking of aspirational districts. As a reward for this performance, NITI Aayog is set to give the district Rs 7 crore. Rather than spending this amount elsewhere, the district administration chose to channel the entire sum into education. Acting on an initiative by District Magistrate Pulkit Garg, this money will now be used to construct the state of the art digital library and coaching centre.

DM Pulkit Garg Explains the Push
District Magistrate Pulkit Garg said, "the project is being taken forward keeping in mind the demand from students in the district." He noted that the current district library cannot seat more than 100 students at a time, a constraint that has forced many young people to go without a proper place to study. He added that once the new facility opens, students will not just get more room, they will also get a chance to study using new technology.

What Students Can Expect
The standout feature of the upcoming facility will be its sheer seating capacity. The new library is designed to seat close to 300 students at once, nearly three times what the existing library can hold. Alongside the additional seating, the centre will be stocked with new books related to competitive exams worth roughly Rs 10 lakh. To bring students into the digital fold, arrangements for 50 computers will also be made on the campus, giving them the means to study online.

What this means for you
The project's direct benefit is for Chitrakoot's students, but it also carries a wider signal for public spending.

• Across India: It shows how reward money earned by districts that perform well in NITI Aayog's digital ranking of aspirational districts can be routed directly into strengthening local education infrastructure.
• In Chitrakoot: Around 300 students at a time will get seating, roughly Rs 10 lakh worth of new exam related books, and 50 computers, cutting down both the cost and hassle for young people preparing for competitive exams.

Questions & Answers

1. Who approved the new digital library and coaching centre project in Chitrakoot?
NITI Aayog's Empowered Committee has approved the project.

2. Where will the funding for this project come from?
It will be built using the Rs 7 crore reward money NITI Aayog is giving Chitrakoot for topping the national digital ranking of aspirational districts.

3. How many students will the new library be able to seat at once?
The new digital library is designed to seat around 300 students at a time.

4. What is the problem with the current district library?
The existing district library cannot seat more than 100 students at a time, leaving many students without a place to study.

5. What other facilities will the new library offer?
It will have new books related to competitive exams worth about Rs 10 lakh and 50 computers so students can also study online.

6. Who initiated this project?
The project was initiated by District Magistrate Pulkit Garg, who decided to use the reward money to build the digital library and coaching centre.

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