Budget 2026–27 Education and Skilling Measures at a Glance
Why in the news
Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2026–27 treated education, skilling and jobs as one chain, arguing that the quality of human capital will drive growth.
Key facts
- Anchors: NEP 2020, Viksit Bharat @2047 and the demographic dividend.
- Approach: an Education, Skills, Employment, Enterprise continuum.
- Standing committee: aligns curricula with market needs, links universities, industry, MSMEs and start-ups, and studies AI’s job impact; 10% of global services trade by 2047 is the goal.
- AI learning: proposed from school level.
- University Townships: 5, near industrial and logistics corridors.
| Area | Measure and target |
|---|---|
| Orange economy | AVGC Content Creator Labs: 15,000 schools, 500 colleges |
| MSME support | Corporate Mitras: ICAI and ICSI design modular courses for Tier-II and Tier-III towns |
| Textiles | Samarth 2.0 modernises skilling |
| Health | 1 lakh allied health professionals in 5 years (10 disciplines); 5 lakh caregivers trained |
| AYUSH | 3 new All India Institutes of Ayurveda |
| Veterinary | Loan-linked subsidy; 20,000+ more professionals |
| Equity | One girls’ hostel per district for STEM institutions; Divyangjan Kaushal Yojana |
| Design and tourism | New NID in Eastern India; hotel management council upgraded to National Institute of Hospitality; 10,000 guides upskilled at 20 sites |
| Science | 4 telescope facilities, including the National Large Solar Telescope and COSMOS-2 Planetarium |
Exam angle
- AVGC: Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics.
- Numbers: 5 townships, 15,000 labs, 1 lakh AHPs, 5 lakh caregivers.