Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that 10,000 seats will be added in medical colleges and hospitals by next year and 75,000 seats will be increased over the next 5 years.
While presenting the Budget 2025-26, she also announced that the Centre will create additional infrastructure in five IITs and will expand IIT Patna.
Sitharaman on Saturday made history as she presented a record eighth consecutive budget, which comes in the backdrop of slowdown in economy and demand for tax cuts for middle class.
This will take Sitharaman closer to the record of 10 budgets that were presented by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai over different time periods.
Desai has presented a total of 6 budgets during his tenure as finance minister from 1959 to 1964, and 4 budgets between 1967 and 1969.
With inputs from agencies
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