Budget 2025-26 for Technology Sector: Giving a big relief in this budget, special attention has been given to electronic goods and gadgets in Budget 2025. Let us know the major announcements of the Finance Minister on gadgets.
Union Budget 2025: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the General Budget 2025-26. Last year, keeping in mind the general public, smartphones and smartphone chargers etc. were made cheaper. Other electronics products including smartphones were also made cheaper. In this time’s budget too, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made electronics products cheaper. There has also been a discussion about improving broadband service including AI. Let’s know. What announcements have been made related to tech, telecom and electronics.
Technology Sector Budget 2025
Giving priority to the development of technology in the education budget, 3 AI centers will be opened under AI-centric entrepreneurship. In the budget, AI App for startups has received more than 91 thousand crore submissions. Apart from this, it has been announced to improve broadband service to promote regional connectivity under the telecom sector.
Mobile battery will be cheaper
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had made smartphones, phone chargers and TVs cheaper in the last budget. Electronic devices have been made cheaper in Budget 2025. There is also talk of making LCD TVs, LED TVs cheaper. Apart from this, lithium batteries have also been made cheaper, which will also make mobile batteries cheaper. In such a situation, it will be cheaper for the common people to buy TV.
What did the Technology Sector get in the last budget?
Promoting digital progress in the country Many announcements were also made for the technology sector in the last budget (2024-25). Last time the budget of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology i.e. MeitY was increased. Earlier the budget of the ministry was Rs 16,549 crore which was increased to Rs 21,936 crore.
Support for startups
Not only this, in the last budget, the government also provided a lot of support for startups. There was also a focus on providing a better environment for startups through initiatives like establishment of Startup India Hub, Self-Certification Based Compliance Regime and legal aid.