New Delhi | Jagran Business Desk: The Union Budget 2020-21 was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday. While presenting the budget in the Parliament, the Finance Minister said that the gross enrollment of girls under Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is higher than boys.
The Finance Minister further said that gross enrollment of girls is 94.32 percent in elementary levels, 81.32 percent in secondary level and 59.7 percent in higher secondary level.
Women are a priority of the government, especially the pregnant and lactating women, said Sitharaman while adding that more than six lakh anganwadi workers are equipped to upload status of more than 10 crore households.
She further said that there are imperatives to lower maternal mortality rates and proposed a task-force for six months on this matter.
An allocation of Rs 35,600 crore for nutrition-related programmes in Financial Year 2021. Further, Rs 28,600 crore will be allocated in the Financial Year 2021 by the government for women-linked programmes, said the Finance Minister.
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