'Nari Shakti Is an Empty Slogan, Budgets Have Ignored Women's Needs'

Spending and budgetary allocations on areas that would benefit women – skilling, food security and so on – have decreased.

Ritu Dewan

Jan 31 2025

Spending and budgetary allocations on areas that would benefit women – skilling, food security and so on – have decreased.

nari shakti is an empty slogan budgets have ignored women s needs

Women build a pond in Madhya Pradesh under the MGNREGA. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific/Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

In this episode of 'Budget 2025: What's at Stake?', renowned economist and professor Ritu Dewan talks about how the government's claims about "empowering" women and "Nari Shakti" are in fact empty slogans, while in fact spending and budgetary allocations on areas that would benefit women – skilling, food security and so on – have decreased.

This series is a collaboration between the Centre for Financial Accountability and The Wire.

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