National digital libraries will facilitate availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres, said Sitharaman (Representational image)
Education Budget 2023: States will be encouraged to set up physical libraries at panchayat and ward levels and provide infrastructure for them to access National Digital Library resources, says Finance Minister
Presenting the Union Budget 2023, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that a National Digital Library will be set up to facilitate device-agnostic access and availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels for children and adolescents.
In addition, states will be encouraged to set up physical libraries at panchayat and ward levels for them and provide infrastructure to access national digital library resources. The minister said that the National Book Trust and the Children’s Book Trust will provide physical libraries with books in local languages as well as in English.
Over the next three years, the Center will recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for 740 Eklavya Model Residential Schools to serve 3.5 lakh tribal students. The government also aims to set up 30 skills India International Center for skilling youth for international opportunities.
maximum 157 new medical colleges will be installed. “157 new nursing colleges will be set up along with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014,” Sitharaman said. will also be launched.
A total of 100 labs will be set up in engineering colleges to develop applications using 5G services. It will be set up with various authorities, regulators, banks and other businesses. The minister said the laboratories would cover smart classrooms, precision farming, intelligent transport systems as well as healthcare applications. He said that laboratory diamond production would be encouraged through grants to IITs. In her speech, Sitharaman also announced setting up of three Centers of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in top educational institutions.
A total of Rs 1,04,278 crore has been allocated for the education sector in last year’s Union Budget. This is an increase of Rs 11,054 crore from 2021. The education budget allocation was Rs. 93,223 crores in 2021. The minister announced several programs and initiatives to upskill employees with learning disabilities.
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