Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2022-23 on February 1. This is the tenth Union Budget of Narendra Modi’s government and the fourth Budget presentation of the Finance Minister.

Presenting the budget, the Finance Minister announced various schemes for women and children and highlighted the Government’s push for empowering them via boosters which will improve their intellectual, social and economic growth.

The Budget 2022 highlighted the strengthening and extension of Mission Shakti, an initiative that aims to enhance and empower millions of women across the country, as part of the government’s commitment to improving women’s lives. The government will collaborate with the states to make Mission Shakti a success, which would help in nation-building.

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Nirmala Sitharaman underlined the need to revamp the schemes of the Ministry of Women & Child Development to provide benefits. Recognizing the importance of Nari Shakti as the harbinger of our bright future and for women-led development during the Amrit Kaal, Finance Minister said that these three schemes, namely, Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0 which were launched to provide integrated benefits to women and children will now be upgraded.

Saksham Anganwadis are a new generation of anganwadis that have better infrastructure and audio-visual aids, powered by clean energy and providing an improved environment for early child development.

Two lakh anganwadis will be upgraded under the Scheme for improving child health. Finance Minister said that children’s health is of the utmost importance and that the upgraded Anganvadis would play a crucial role in this regard.

The finance minister also stated that the PM development measures for the North Eastern Council will be executed, allowing youth and women to engage in livelihood activities. This scheme is not intended to be a replacement for current federal or state schemes.

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