How will India’s innovation fund experiment pan out – Live Mint

Though finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stuck to convention by not making any big announcement in the interim budget, there were notable proposals. A new innovation fund, for one. It was backed by poetic rhetoric. While A.B. Vajpayee added Jai Vigyaan (science) to Lal Bahadur Shastri s slogan of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan hailing soldiers and farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had added Jai Anusandhan(research), said Sitharaman.