Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2025 announced a significant boost for the education sector, including a ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced ambitious expansion plans for India's premier educational institutions. In ...

The expansion is expected to address the growing demand for seats in IITs and strengthen India’s position as a global ...

The new seats at IIT Palakkad, Dharwad, Jammu, Bhilai, and Tirupati will be added in phases and would be mainly at the ...

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced that a centre of excellence in Artificial Intelligence for education and five national centres of excellence for skilling will be established i ...

The IITs have been allocated an amount of Rs 11,349 crore in the union budget, up from a revised estimate of Rs 10,467 crore in the current financial year.

The announcement is part of the Union Budget 2025-26, which emphasises digital transformation and skill development.

The budget has enabled the addition of 6,500 undergraduate seats at five IITs over five years, starting next academic session. Budgetary allocation for IITs has increased, supporting infrastructure ...

Budget allocation hiked to support IITs to Rs 11,349 crore, which is 10% higher than the previous year’s budget estimate & ...

The Union Budget ’s education announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (February 1, 2025) were ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman boosts higher education with 10,000 medical seats and increased funding for IITs in budget.

Aligning with India's broader vision to become a global artificial intelligence (AI) hub, Finance <a target=_blank href=ht ...