The Finance Minister just handed a logistical lifeline to thousands of aspiring Marie Curies who have the grades but not the postcode. We often talk about the "Glass Ceiling" in boardrooms, but for a girl in a Tier-3 district in India, the barrier is usually made of tarmac. It’s the 40-kilometer bus ride home after a chemistry practical. It’s the lack of a safe roof in the city where the good college is. It’s the silent, heartbreaking calculation parents make: “She is smart, but is it safe?” Yesterday, the Union Budget 2026-27 finally tried to answer that question. Buried amidst the heavy jargon of "fiscal consolidation" and "capital outlay" was a line item that might do more for Indian science than a dozen new satellites. The Finance Minister proposed the establishment of one girls’ hostel in every district, specifically targeting students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. Why ...
The Finance Minister just handed a logistical lifeline to thousands of aspiring Marie Curies who have the grades but not the postcode. We often talk about the "Glass Ceiling" in boardrooms, but for a girl in a Tier-3 district in India, the barrier is usually made of tarmac. It’s the ...
The Finance Minister just handed a logistical lifeline to thousands of aspiring Marie Curies who have the grades but not the postcode. We often talk about the "Glass Ceiling" in boardrooms, but for a girl in a Tier-3 district in India, the barrier is usually made of tarmac. It’s the ...
The Finance Minister just handed a logistical lifeline to thousands of aspiring Marie Curies who have the grades but not the postcode. We often talk about the "Glass Ceiling" in boardrooms, but for a girl in a Tier-3 district in India, the barrier is usually made of tarmac. It’s the ...