India, Feb. 1 -- Content creators and even comic books found a mention as focus areas for the economy in Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026 speech on Sunday.

She said content creator labs will be opened in 15,000 secondary schools and 500 colleges across India with the support of Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, Mumbai.

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She also announced plans to set up another National Institute of Design.

"India's animation, visual effects, gaming and comics, AVCG, is a growing industry, projected to require 2 million professionals by 2030. I propose to support the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, Mumbai, in setting up AVCG content creator labs in 15,000 secondary schools all over the country; and...