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New Delhi: Reaching out toa key support base, the Narendra Modi government has made a push for increasing womens participation in the workforce in the first budget of its third term...
Presenting the budget Tuesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated her governments commitment to enhancing womens role in economic development..
However, while there is a push for women-led development across the government, the budgetary allocation to the women and child development ministry which has several schemes aimed at the protection and empowerment of women has seen only a marginal increase from last year, to Rs 3.1 lakh crore...
Marginal increase in women and child development . Citing issues affecting women such as lack of basic necessities including sanitation and piped water, as well as matters of menstrual hygiene, safety, and economic and political equality of opportunity, among others, the report said, Transitioning from womens development to women-led development requires a 360-degree review of the issues and a sincere, pragmatic approach to tackling them...
Mission Shakti, one of the key schemes aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, is said to be crucial to realise the governments commitment for women-led development by addressing issues affecting women on a life-cycle continuum basis..
