“157 new nursing colleges will be established in colocation with the existing 157 medical colleges established since 2014,” said FM Nirmala Sitharaman. “Eklavaya Model Residential Schools -in the next 3 years the Centre will recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for 740 schools serving 3.5 lakh tribal students,” added FM Nirmala Sitharaman. “A National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels and device-agnostic accessibility, ” announced the FM. “States will be encouraged to set up physical libraries for them at panchayat and ward levels and provide infrastructure for accessing the National Digital Library resources,” added Sitharaman. “To skill the youth for international opportunities, 30 Skill India International Centres will be set up across different States,” said the FM. “100 labs for developing apps using 5G services will be set up in engg institutions. To realise new range of opportunities, business models and employment potential, labs will cover among others, apps like Smart Classrooms, Precision Farming, Intelligent Transports Systems and Healthcare”, announced the FM. “To provide support to 47 lakh youths in 3 years, a Direct Benefit Transfer under a pan India national apprenticeship scheme will be rolled out,” added the FM. “PM VIKAS (Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman), which was announced in Budget 2023, will include skilled people who are engaged in various traditional and skilled professions,” said FM during her Budget speech.
