Presenting Union Budget 2024 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam informed that government is intended to invest 3 lakh crore in schemes benefitting women and girls.
“Increasing the participation of women in the workforce will be a priority,” said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting her seventh Budget.
“This will be facilitated by setting up hostels and creating partnerships to organize women-specific skilling programmes and promotion of market access for women Self Help Group enterprises,” she said.
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She said, “We need to focus on the poor, women, youth and farmers.”
It is worth noting that the fund allocation for women’s welfare and empowerment experienced a 218.8 per cent jump from FY14 to FY25.
“The growth is indicative of India’s determination to shift from women-led development to women’s development, as stated in the Economic Survey 2023–2024,” the Finance Minister said while presenting Union Budget 2024.
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