NEW DELHI: Focussing on women-led development, the government on Tuesday announced more than Rs 3 lakh crore for schemes benefiting women and girls.
"Increasing the participation of women in the workforce will be a priority, " said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting her seventh Budget.
"This will be facilitated by setting up hostels and creating partnerships to organise women-specific skilling programmes and promotion of market access for women Self Help Group enterprises, " she said.
She said, "We need to focus on the poor, women, youth and farmers."
Further, the allocation for women's welfare and empowerment saw a 218.8 per cent jump from FY14 to FY25.
"The growth is indicative of India's determination to shift from women-led development to women's development, as stated in the Economic Survey 2023–2024, " the Finance Minister said.