Innovation and R&D

National Research Foundation (NRF) to get an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore over five years to strengthen research and focus on the national priority trust area
Government will undertake a new initiative – NationalLanguage Translation Mission (NTLM).
The New Space India Limited (NSIL), a PSU under the Department of Space will execute the PSLV-CS51 launch, carrying the Amazonia Satellite from Brazil, along with a few smaller Indian satellites.
As part of the Gaganyaan mission activities, four Indian astronauts are being trained on Generic Space Flight aspects, in Russia. The first unmanned launch is slated for December 2021.

National Language translation mission

National Language translation mission aims to translate policy-related information that will be available on the internet in major regional languages.
This is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasises creating content and delivery of content in regional languages.

National Research Foundation

It is being set up as an autonomous body under the New Education Policy
The NRF aims to fund researchers working across streams in India.
Considered to be one of the biggest announcements under NEP, it will look after funding, mentoring, and building ‘quality of research’ in India.
With this, the funds available with all Ministries have been integrated in NRF and would be adequately supplemented with additional funds.
In order to bring non-science disciplines of research in its ambit, NRF will fund research projects across four major disciplines –Sciences; Technology; Social Sciences; and Arts and Humanities