INDIA: Children not included in "inclusive" budget

Submitted by crinadmin on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 02:32

Summary: Children not included in "inclusive" budget: Where is the "Aam Bachcha" in the budget, Mr Finance Minister?

Budget for children in the Union 2010 - 2011.

[DELHI, 2 March 2010] - Indian Finance Minister’s Pranab Mukherjee’s “inclusive” 2010-11 budget does not include children despite the fact that children represent more than 42 per cent of the population.

HAQ: Centre for Child Rights has prepared a brief analysis of the budget, which was announced this morning, to assist organisations in looking at the budget from a child's perspective and in sharing children's concerns with the rest of the country.

Read the analysis here.

Further information

India: Children and Governance - Holding the State Accountable (HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, July 2009)
India: Budget leaves children behind (HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, February 2009)
Day of General Discussion 2007: Resources for the Rights of the Child - responsibility of States
Budget Analysis and Policy Advocacy: The Role of Non-Governmental Public Action
CRIN's page on rights-based approaches to budgets

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Budget_Analysis_2010-11.pdf

Organisation:

HAQ: Centre for Child Rights

Attachment Link:

http://www.crin.org/docs/Budget_Analysis_2010-11.pdf

Countries

India

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