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Centre tops up RDI fund with ₹20,000 crore
Business Standard
|February 03, 2026
Govt to select second-level fund managers by April-May this year
In her ninth Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman topped up the Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) fund with a ₹20,000 crore allocation, similar to last year’s budgetary allocation.
Of the ₹23,125 crore earmarked for all the central sector schemes/projects under the Ministry of Science and Technology, the RDI fund accounts for the largest share, according to Budget documents. Of the allocations made for financial year 2026 (FY26), ₹3,000 crore have been used so far, revised estimates showed.
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