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• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the Government proposes to set up a National Research Foundation (NRF) to strengthen the research ecosystem in the country.

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• NRF is being envisaged as an umbrella structure that will improve linkages between Research and Development, academia and industry.
• The total proposed outlay of NRF is 50,000 crore rupees over a period of five years.
• One of the main objectives of NRF is to seed, grow and facilitate research at academic institutions, particularly at universities and colleges, where research capacity is currently in a nascent stage.

https://newsonair.com/2021/07/26/govt-proposes-to-set-up-nrf-to-strengthen-research-ecosystem-in-country/

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