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Panchayats in Karnataka to introduce a gender budget

Panchayats in Karnataka to introduce a gender budget
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MySuru: Panchayat will introduce gender and budgeting children to overcome the challenges faced by two parts of this vulnerable society.
Along with this, 5% of the total budget will be reserved to make the village disabled friendly, regardless of supporting people with disabilities.
Every year the gram of Sabhas children and women is carried out at the Gram Panchayat level, to vote for their complaints and demands.
Through the gender and children’s budget, the problem raised by them will be handled.
With Panchayats received a large number of funds under various state and central government schemes, the Panchayat Department Raj planned to make villages friendly for women, children and disabilities.
Lelasvathi, Petchayat Development Officer (PDO), Hemmanahalli at Mandya District, said between August 10 and September 30, at the GP level, the perspective planning drive would be carried out, to collect data and other details related to the budgeting of women and children.
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“Throughout the day, pro-women and pro-children initiatives are part of a single budget, but now they will be prepared separately,” he said.
Uma Mahadevan, the main secretary, the Department of Panchayat Raj, said that Gram Panchayats received financial support under various schemes, including the Finance Commission, Bharat Swachh.
In every GP, we hold a special Sabha gram exclusively for women and children, where problems related to them are discussed, and the solution is proposed.
Through budgeting for children and women, we will provide support to implement their demands, “he added.” Children’s budget can cover provisions to support children’s demands, such as facilities in schools, libraries, increasing arganawadis, facilities for children Children at the village level and support for sports activities.
Likewise, the problems related to women will be handled through gender budgeting, “he added.” To the next, 5% of the total budget size will be provided for disabled living in villages.
This might include making Friended-friendly villages by building slopes, libraries, and speech readers, “he said.” Our goal is to increase human development in villages through various interventions, “he added.

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