On 19 April 2023, The Union Cabinet approved the National Quantum Mission (NQM) at a total cost of Rs.6003.65 crore from 2023-24 to 2030-31, aiming to seed, nurture and scale up scientific and industrial R&D and create a vibrant & innovative ecosystem in Quantum Technology (QT).

On Twitter, congratulations and wishes poured in after that.

Amit Shah Tweeted :

Piyush Goyal tweeted :

But do you know that, National Quantum Mission announced in the budget speech of February 1, 2020. Cabinet took 3 years and 3 months to passed it in April 2023. Here is the paragraph 64 of the Budget speech of 2020-21 :

It is proposed to provide an outlay of 8000 crore over a period five years for the National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications.

It is not just delay of the 3 years but many things have changed between the announcement made in Budget speech and cabinet sanctioned scheme. Let First read both together :

Budget speech 2020-

PIB Release of April 2023 -

Let Find the different in both. To make easy for the reader, I have marked the few words in yellow color. So, followings are the things that have changed between the announcement and scheme sanctioned by the cabinet :

1. Announced budget was Rs.8000 cr which is reduced to 6003 cr.

2. Announced duration of the Scheme was 5 years which extended to 7 years ( 2023 to 2030)

3. Goverment Announced it in February 2020 for 5 years, so it likely to complete in Year 2025. But Goverment taken 3 years to get cleared from cabinet and cabinet clear it for the 7 years. Mean this mission likely to get complete in 2030.

On 19 April 2023, When I saw the cabinet ministers celebrating the passing of the National Quantum Mission (NQM) on twitter, I was in shocked. How can one celebrate the delay and Budget cuts? But later I calmed myself as I have no experience of the Amrit Kaal. I though that, It might be nomral in the Amrit Kaal. अपने को तो सिर्फ कलयुग का ही एक्सपीरियंस है, अपन को पता नहीं है की अमृत काल में लाइफ कैसी होती है.