Education Budget 2025: Increase in Medical Seats
This budget also brings good news for medical students. 75,000 new medical seats will be added over the next five years, including a plan to add 10,000 additional medical seats. In addition, the central government is launching the ‘Bhartiya Bhasha Pustak Yojana’ to make books in Indian languages digitally available. This initiative aims to provide students and researchers with high-quality reading material in their mother tongues.Budget 2025: Other Key Announcements
10,000 Fellowships for Technical ResearchOver 10,000 fellowships will be provided for technical research at IITs and IISc over the next 5 years. Broadband Connectivity for all Government Secondary Schools
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that all government secondary schools and primary health centres will be provided with broadband connectivity.
The Finance Minister announced the establishment of five national centres for skills with global expertise.