
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0, to be launched to skill lakhs of youth within the next three years covering new age courses for Industry 4.0 like coding, AI, robotics, mechatronics, IOT, 3D printing, drones, and soft skills.For this, 10,000 Bio-Input Resource Centres to be set-up, creating a national-level distributed micro-fertilizer and pesticide manufacturing network. Centre to facilitate one crore farmers to adopt natural farming over the next three years.5 per cent compressed biogas mandate to be introduced for all organizations marketing natural and bio gas. 500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants under GOBARdhan (Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme to be established for promoting circular economy at total investment of Rs 10,000 crore.100 labs to be setup for 5G services based application development to realize a new range of opportunities, business models, and employment potential.Entity DigiLocker to be setup for use by MSMEs, large business and charitable trusts to store and share documents online securely.Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF) will be established through use of priority Sector Lending shortfall, which will be managed by the national Housing Bank, and will be used by public agencies to create urban infrastructure in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.

2.40 lakh crore has been provided for the Railways, which is the highest ever outlay and about nine times the outlay made in 2013-14.

The highlights of the Budget are as follows: Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament today. The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt.
