Budget 2025: Key announcements for Education, Healthcare, and Infra

In the Union Budget 2025, the Finance Minister has made following key announcements for Education, Healthcare, and Infrastructure sectors:

• All government secondary schools and primary healthcare centers will have access to broadband connectivity.
• Five National Centers of Excellence for Skills will be developed to improve vocational training.
• The government will provide additional infra to 5 IITs set up after 2014.
• It also announced to set up Three Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for education, the allocated outlay is ₹500 Crore.
• Within three years, day-care centres will be established in every district, with 200 centres lined up to be opened in 2025-26.
• Each infrastructure-related ministry will develop a three-year plan for implementation using Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• In an aim to boost water supply infrastructure, MoUs will be signed with the states.
• It is also planning to launch a social scheme for gig workers, providing E-shram portal registration and insurance.
• An urban challenge fund will be established with a ₹1 Lakh Crore investment.

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