more-inFor the first time the State government this year presented a Gender Budget Statement as part of the annual budget documents, quantifying the allocations that will benefit women during this fiscal. The gender budget has three parts. They need the gender budget more than any of us but remain excluded,” Ms. Sundaramurthy said. The budget provided for the women’s commission is ₹31.47 lakh and that for a women’s helpline is ₹44 lakh. An official of the State Finance Department clarified that there was no specific reason why the Gender Budget Statement was not mentioned in the budget speech.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2018 18:56 UTC