Investment - the third engine, Ms. Sitharaman says encompasses investing in people, economy and innovation.
Investing in People: Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 provides nutritional support to over 8 crore children and 1 crore pregnant women, mothers and 20 lakh adolescent girls. The cost norms will be enhanced in the scheme.
50,000 Atal Tinkering labs will be set up in government schools in the next five years.
Broadband connectivity to be provided to all government secondary schools and primary centres in all rural areas.
A Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak scheme to be implemented for Indian language books for schools and higher education.
Five National centres of excellence for Skilling will be set up with global expertise and partnerships, building on announcements made in July 2024 budget.
IITs’ capacity will be expanded. Total number students in 23 IITs has increased 100% from 65,000 to 1.35 lakh in the past 10 years. Additional infrastructure will be created in the five IITs started after 2014 and IIT Patna will also be expanded.