Push for AI, expansion of five IITs, education budget gets over 6 per cent hike

NEW DELHI: From a major push to Artificial Intelligence to the expansion of five new IITs, which will accommodate 6,500 more students and focus on quality school education and innovation, the education sector saw a hike of over six per cent in the Union Budget 2025 from the previous budget.

The Education Ministry was allocated Rs. 1,28,650.05 crore, an increase of 6.65%. This figure exceeds the revised estimate of Rs 1.14 lakh crore in 2024-25.