Budget 2024: Over Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women, girls

By Team Asianet Newsable | First Published Jul 23, 2024, 12:15 PM IST

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Tuesday, July 23, that the Union Budget 2024–25 will include programmes benefiting women and girls worth Rs 3 lakh crore. According to Nirmala Sitharaman, the Central government would establish working women's hostels in order to encourage women to enter the workforce. As mentioned in the interim budget, there is need to focus on poor, women, youth and farmers, she said, adding that: "We will facilitate higher participation of women in workforce by setting up of working women hostels in collaboration with industries and establishment of creches in addition the partnership will seek to organise women specific skilling programmes and promotion of market access for women SHG enterprises."

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