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5. Investment

Investing in People

Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0: The cost norms for the nutritional support to be enhanced
appropriately.
Atal Tinkering Labs: 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs to be set up in Government schools in next 5 years.
Broadband Connectivity to Government Secondary Schools and PHCs: Broadband connectivity
to be provided to all Government secondary schools and primary health centres in rural areas
under the Bharatnet project.
Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme: Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme announced to provide digital-
form Indian language books for school and higher education.
National Centres of Excellence for Skilling: 5 National Centres of Excellence for skilling to be set
up with global expertise and partnerships to equip our youth with the skills required for “Make
for India, Make for the World” manufacturing.
Expansion of Capacity in IITs: Additional infrastructure to be created in the 5 IITs started after
2014 to facilitate education for 6,500 more students.
Centre of Excellence in AI for Education: A Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for
education to be set up with a total outlay of ? 500 crore.
Expansion of medical education: 10,000 additional seats to be added in medical colleges and
hospitals next year, adding to 75000 seats in the next 5 years.
Day Care Cancer Centres in all District Hospitals: Government to set up Day Care Cancer Centres
in all district hospitals in the next 3 years, 200 Centres in 2025-26.
Strengthening urban livelihoods: A scheme for socio-economic upliftment of urban workers to
help them improve their incomes and have sustainable livelihoods announced.
PM SVANidhi: Scheme to be revamped with enhanced loans from banks, UPI linked credit cards
with ? 30,000 limit, and capacity building support.
Social Security Scheme for Welfare of Online Platform Workers: Government to arrange for
identity cards, registration on e-Shram portal and healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojna, for gig-
workers.

Investing in the Economy

Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure: Infrastructure-related ministries to come up with a
3-year pipeline of projects in PPP mode, States also encouraged.
Support to States for Infrastructure: An outlay of ?1.5 lakh crore proposed for the 50-year
interest free loans to states for capital expenditure and incentives for reforms.
Asset Monetization Plan 2025-30: Second Plan for 2025-30 to plough back capital of ? 10 lakh
crore in new projects announced.
Jal Jeevan Mission: Mission to be extended until 2028 with an enhanced total outlay.
Urban Challenge Fund: An Urban Challenge Fund of ? 1 lakh crore announced to implement the
proposals for ‘Cities as Growth Hubs’, ‘Creative Redevelopment of Cities’ and ‘Water and
Sanitation’, allocation of ? 10,000 crore proposed for 2025-26.

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