Capacity-building and talent-nurturing will prove to be the foundation stones of the country’s progress said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), while addressing the post-budget webinar on employment via video conferencing. 

The theme of the webinar was “Investing in People, Economy, and Innovation,” which was attended by 29 Ministries of the Government of India, 100 panellists and more than 25,000 participants to discuss 43 articles of the recent Union Budget 2025-26. The theme of the webinar, ‘Investing in People’, defines the roadmap of Viksit Bharat and the impact of this theme can be seen at a large level on the budget.” 

Stating that the vision of investment in people is based on three pillars — education, skill and healthcare” he said that in the budget, 10,000 additional medical seats have been announced, and the government is working with the target of adding 75,000 seats in medical education in the next 5 years.

Highlighting the developments in the healthcare landscape, the Prime Minister stated that “tele-medicine facility is being expanded to all the Primary Health Centres. Through Day Care Cancer Centres and digital healthcare infrastructure, we want to take quality healthcare to the last mile that will ensure significant transformation in people’s lives.” 

Speaking about the importance and potential of the tourism sector, the Prime Minister stated that initiatives like “Heal in India” are attracting medical tourists from around the world” and “efforts are being made in the direction of making India a global-level tourism and wellness hub.”