With growth at a six-year low, finance minister’s first budget of decade fell short of widely expected reforms.
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Allocation to Ayushman Bharat flat, no increase due to low utilisation
Up to ₹69, 233 crore allocated to Health, Family Welfare, Research and AYUSH
Taskforce to recommend raising woman’s marriageable age
To submit report within six months on Sharda Act which fixes a girl’s legal age to marry at 18 years
Ayushman Bharat scheme receives no boost in Union Budget 2020
Ministry of Health has been allocated ₹ 69,000 crore for 2020-21
Budget 2020: Muted Increase In Allocation To Key Rural Schemes
Despite concerns about a weak rural economy, the Indian government has not provided any large boost to schemes focused on creating jobs and providing services to that segment of the population.
Budget 2020 Leaves us Wanting More to be Done on Malnutrition and Hunger
There is no sizeable increase for any of the schemes when it comes to allocations, while the continual wrecking of FCI’s finances don’t augur well for the future of PDS.
School Education Budget: Only 57% funds for scheme released by Dec
Till 15th December, 2019, only 57 percent of the approved funds for Samagra Shiksha had been released.
How can Union Budget 2020 be made gender sensitive?
The government will have to be more innovative, inclusive and responsible with fiscal allocations for women.
Centre released only 57% of school education funds to states till December 2019. Where’s the rest?
Before the financial year 2018-19, the release of funds by the Centre for the three different schemes brought under Samagra Shiksha had always been high. But now it has dropped drastically.
Rural India reels under economic slump
Currently, two of the Government of India’s (GoI) largest schemes focussed on reviving the rural economy have been the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN).