Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a network of over 1,000 accredited clinical trial sites to expand research beyond major cities, alongside a credit-linked subsidy for livestock farmer groups, the launch of Bharat Vistar Agri AI platform, and ‘She Marts’ to support community-owned retail and jobs.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the government will create a network of over 1,000 accredited Indian clinical trial sites.
Major clinical trial sites in the country are currently located in big cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad.
She also proposed a credit-linked subsidy programme to encourage livestock farmer producer organisations to promote employment opportunities.
In her Budget speech, the finance minister announced the launch of Bharat Vistar, a multilingual AI tool to integrate agri stack; and setting up of ‘She Marts’ as community-owned retail outlets.
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