Andhra Government To Introduce Child, Gender Budget
The Jagan Mohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government has announced to introduce Gender Budget and Child Budget from the financial year 2021-22. As per official statement, the 2-part Gender Budget will benefit working and non-working women besides underage girls; while the Child Budget will introduce schemes for children up to 18 years. The government statement read that the gender and child responsive budget will help in tracking resources allocated for women and children welfare.