The Author is Director, Policy, Research and Advocacy for CRY-Child Rights and You
Budget for children: The story doesn’t change
Crucially missing in the budget is a response from the government in the area of Child Protection
Budget 2018: Need adequate investment to plug gaps in education system
Around 20 per cent teachers currently working in government schools are untrained
Budget 2017-18 disheartening for children
Our investment in foundational years of childhood remains the same as it was in 2012-13
Child malnutrition on rise but funding falters
Almost 40 per cent of India's population is minor but the budget allocated to them is a meagre four per cent of the Union budget
Start looking at children as equal citizens
A meagre four per cent of the financial investment into nearly 40 per cent of the population is not only unjustified, but also insufficient for …
Budget expectations: quality education needs financial backing
In absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream
Union budget 2015: Children left asking for their dues, as ever
The most drastic cut in child budget so far has occurred in the 2015-16 budget
