This refers to Paragraphs 79 and 80 of the Budget Speech 2025-26, which highlight the establishment of a mechanism to drive private sector-led research and innovation at a commercial scale. This initiative is backed by an allocation of ₹20,000 crore as a corpus for the Research, Development, and Innovation scheme, forming part of the ₹1 lakh crore fund for private sector R&D announced in the Budget 2024-25.

In light of this, a Post-Budget Webinar 2025 will be conducted in virtual mode on March 5, 2025. The link to this webinar is https://pmindiawebcast.nic.in/

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and MyGov are organizing this activity to gather insights from sector experts, facilitating the development of more effective policies, measures, and schemes.