India, Feb. 1 -- The Union Budget 2026-27 emphasises enhancing India's tech education and infrastructure, with a focus on STEM and the burgeoning AVGC sector.

Proposals include AVGC labs in schools and colleges, and new telescopes for planetary sciences.

The budget maintains funding for scientific research, with notable increase for quantum technology

Upgradation of India's technology capabilities and infrastructure featured prominently in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech for the Union Budget 2026-27. With Yuva Shakti (youth power) as the central theme, Sitharaman repeatedly underlined the government's objective of strengthening STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) applications across sectors.

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