Nirmala Sitharaman says enabling environment for R&D, start-ups helped in retaining talent pool. The Union Finance Minister has said that such a space has been created after the transformation in the digital landscape in the last eight years

Inaugurating the Dharwad Research and Technology Incubator (dhaRti) and Bionest Incubation Centre at IIT-Dharwad on Tuesday, she said that investment made by the country in quality higher education has resulted in the production of skilled professionals in premier educational institutions.