Budget 2025 | India’s innovation boom for 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs, Indian India Putak Scheme, and IIT expansion – CNBC TV18

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitarman, on Saturday, February 1, presented a comprehensive vision for India’s education and skilling ecosystem, in which scientific innovation was promoted and expanding major institutions like IITs Emphasis was given.

Scientific nature

In a major push to nurture the young innovy, the government will set up 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in government schools in the next five years. The purpose of these laboratories is to “cultivate the spirit of curiosity and innovation and promote scientific nature in young minds,” Sitarman announced. They will provide students with robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and hands in engineering, preparing them for future career in technology.

To bridge digital divide, broadband connectivity will be extended to all government secondary schools, ensuring easy access to online learning resources. Additionally, Bharat Bharat Pastak Yojana will introduce Indian language books in digital format for schools and higher education institutions. This initiative is designed to help students understand their subjects better in their native languages, making education more inclusive.

Extending IIT capacity to meet rising demand

India’s major engineering institutes are scheduled for significant expansion. The government will increase capacity in IITs, especially focus on five IITs installed after 2014, which will get new infrastructure to accommodate 6,500 additional students.

In the last decade, the total number of students from 23 IITs from India has doubled by 65,000. FM stated that to support this development, hostels and educational features will be expanded in IIT PATNA to ensure that students have access to better infrastructure.

Skilling the youth of India for global opportunities

To equip young Indians with industry-relevant skills, the government will set up five national centers of excellence for skilling in collaboration with global partners. These centers will provide state-of-the-art training with ‘Make in India’ and ‘Make for the World’ initiative, which will help Indian youth in safe roles in high-manufacturing and technology sectors.

Excellence of medical education

In an effort to address India’s growing demand for healthcare professionals, the budget also proposes to add 10,000 new seats to medical colleges in the next year, with a long -term target to expand a capacity of 75,000 seats in the next five years.

Integration of artificial intelligence in education

On last year’s announcement of three AI centers of excellence in agriculture, healthcare and permanent cities, the government will establish an AI center of excellence for education with a outlay of 500 crores. This center will run the integration of AI-managed equipment in learning, increase the quality of education and improve students results.

10,000 fellowships for tech research in IITs and IISC

Under the PM Research Fellowship Scheme, the government will provide 10,000 fellowships for Tech Research in IITs and IISC over the next five years. This fellowship will further strengthen India’s position as a global center for technological innovation and research.

In response, Sumit Shukla, CEO of scholars merit private. Ltd. commented, “In the last decade, IITs have seen a 100% increase in students’ intake, and the government is committed to further enhancing capacity. Five IITs installed after 2014 will get additional infrastructure, which will get 6,500 more. The student is making space for seats. Extension will strengthen India’s position as a global center for education, producing more engineers, researchers and innovators. “

With these transformational initiatives, budget 2025 is an important step towards strengthening India’s education and skilling ecosystem, expanding young minds, expanding major institutions and preparing students for future jobs.

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