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Social sector
Far from what was widely anticipated, the Union Budget for the social sector has continued with earlier policies, schemes and extent of allocations without any radical policy or strategic shift in most sectors. By not making too many changes in most programmes, the finance minister (FM) has given a thrust to effective implementation by pegging allocations based on the actual expenditure incurred and has tried to optimise resources.
The addition of multiple schemes into a convergent action agenda is also a welcome step, as achieving individual SDG targets would need multiple ministries and departments to work
Far from what was widely anticipated, the Union Budget for the social sector has continued with earlier policies, schemes and extent of allocations without any radical policy or strategic shift in most sectors. By not making too many changes in most programmes, the finance minister (FM) has given a thrust to effective implementation by pegging allocations based on the actual expenditure incurred and has tried to optimise resources.
The addition of multiple schemes into a convergent action agenda is also a welcome step, as achieving individual SDG targets would need multiple ministries and departments to work
