While the FinMin stressed on the 8 crore women in rural homes who will benefit from free gas connections, the gender budget component in Budget 2018 went up by 7.09%. As per the gender budget statement, while the total allocation for 2017-18 was Rs 1,13,311 crore, it rose to Rs 1,21,961 crore in 2018-19. It must be noted that in the 2017-18 Budget, the grants had gone up from Rs 400 crore in 2016-17 to Rs 2700 crore in 2018-19. The One Stop Crisis Center scheme saw a marginal increase of Rs 15 crore from Rs 90 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 105 crore in 2018-19. The Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme saw a substantial increase from Rs 70 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 268 crore in 2018-19.

Source: dna February 01, 2018 16:52 UTC