Nirmala Sitharaman detailing various programmes and initiatives for the sector. From drawing up the legislation for a Higher Education Commission of India to setting up a Central University in Leh to strengthening 15,000 schools and creating sainik schools as part of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) implementation plan to the government's proposed amendments to the Apprenticeship Act and the Rs 3,000-crore corpus allocated for it — most education-related announcements in the Budget have been dubbed "welcome" moves by startups. However, many believe that Budget 2021 missed the opportunity to make big-ticket announcements (GST cuts, etc.), "adequate" fund allocation in education so as to fast-track the rollout of NEP, and other incentives critical to boost a pandemic-hit economy.