In the budget of FY 2022–23, commitment has been made for empowering women politically, economically and socially, eliminating gender inequality, and establishing child rights in line with the National Women’s Development Policy-2011. Infrastructure and communication services for women are being enhanced and institutional capacity is being strengthened to increase women’s human capacity, economic participation, and benefits, to ensure women’s voice and representation. Funds have been allocated in this year’s national budget considering the mother and child support programmes as the best investment under social security activities. Prioritising the programme, it has been proposed to increase the number of beneficiaries to 12 lakh 54 thousand in the fiscal year 2022–23, which was 10 lakh 45 thousand in 2021–22. As a result, the number of beneficiaries will increase to 2 lakh 9 thousand in the 2022–23 fiscal year.
Publication Period: June 2022