Why are IITs being given special preference for funding whereas NITs are not while both are centrally funded government institutions?

That is because IITs, specifically the seven original ones, continue to be at forefront of our efforts in engineering, technology and research. they continue to be ahead in terms of the faculty, infrastructure and the quality of students and hence continuing to have differential investment in these

The answer to this question includes political as well as logical touch although both the institutions are centrally funded. There is a large gap between the quality of students getting seats in an IIT as compared to the one getting a seat in NIT. Also, the government has to maintain a good image fo

When it comes to the quality of education provided IITs are ahead of the NITs. The professors in the IITs are better and more qualified than the NITs. The way of education and approach is also better in IIT, but it doesn't mean that NITs are not good. Both IITs and NITs are extremely good in providi