Thursday, 28 February 2013

Government Sanctions Rs 2k Crore Fund For Scientific Research in Budget 2013



Finance Minister of India Mr. P. Chidambaram on his Budget 2013 speech at Lok Sabha said that the Indian Government has sanctioned a fund of Rs 2,000 crore for scientific researches
                                      Today the Finance Minister of India Mr. P. Chidambaram on his Budget 2013 speech at Lok Sabha said that the Indian Government has sanctioned a fund of Rs 2,000 crore for scientific researches in order to boost up the overall environment of the scientific researches or innovations that can be able to improve the life of the common people.

                                     The said fund has been approved just to encourage and finance such products, which can improve the life of ordinary people of India by some distinct manner.

                                                 Today the Finance Minister Mr. Chidambaram presents the General Budget 2013 in the Parliament. While presenting the budget he said that Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Finance and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government have already identified a few mind-blowing science and technology innovations, and the government has decided to support the process in every manner possible.

                                                 He has explained the importance of such products in a life of a common man to provide justifications to the fund allotment. He also said that the government of India will also fund the franchisees and organizations that will come forward and help the innovations by making the products available to the common people.

                                                 Finance Minister has asked National Innovation Council to prepare an ideal presentation for the application the management of the fund. That’s not all, he also proposed to set apart Rs. 2,000 crore while making the presentation, so that the fund could be used for the benefits it acclaimed for.

                                                 In his budget speech he said that the department of finance has allocated Rs 5,615 crore to Department of Space, Rs 6,275 Crores to Ministry of Science and Technology and Rs 5,880 crore to Department of Atomic Energy.

                                                 In his budget Mr. Finance Minister has tried to maintain the balance in the allotment of funds to the various other departments of Indian Government such as defence, science etc. The poor economic condition of India has not allowed him to allot too much of money for the each department.

                                                  It has to be mentioned here that Mr. Chidambaram hikes the fund allotment in two of the main sectors i.e. defence and education. He eventually hikes 17% budget allotment in education where the defence sector will have a hike of mere 14% in the budget fund allotment.

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