2. WHY BUDGET ANALYSIS? Budget is not merely an economic document but an indicator of nation’s priorities and intent. It is a political statement…
3. WHAT IS BUDGET for Children (BfC)? Budget for children is not a separate budget. It is an attempt to disaggregate from all allocations made, those made specifically for children.
4. WHO IS A CHILD? ALL PERSONS UPTO THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS
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11. Average Allocation (BE) on Children in Union Budget (2000-01 to 2006-07) Of every Rs. 100 allocated to the Union Budget an average of Rs. 3.10 has been allocated to the children during 2000-01 to 2006-07
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13. Difference in BE, RE and AE in Child Budget (In per cent ) - 3.3 + 3.0 - 4.8 Average 2.08 2005-06 12.60 5.49 6.74 2004-05 1.07 4.95 -3.70 2003-04 -7.30 8.70 -14.73 2002-03 -9.12 -2.22 -7.05 2001-02 -13.90 -2.05 -12.10 2000-01 AE-BE AE-RE RE-BE Year
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15. Share of Children in Different Sectors in the Union Budget (In percentage) Source: Detailed Demands for Grants, Ministry of HRD, Ministry of SJ&E, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Women and Child Development (2000-01 to 2006-07) 3.10 0.03 1.94 0.52 0.61 Average 5.24 0.04 3.53 0.83 0.84 2006-07 4.08 0.03 2.63 0.66 0.76 2005-06 2.75 0.03 1.64 0.42 0.650 2004-05 2.45 0.03 1.47 0.50 0.50 2003-04 2.44 0.04 1.45 0.45 0.55 2002-03 2.40 0.03 1.41 0.48 0.47 2001-02 2.39 0.02 1.47 0.36 0.54 2000-01 Child Budget Protection Education Development Health Year
16. Average Sectoral Allocation as Percentage of BfC 2000-01 to 2006-07 (In per cent ) Of every Rs 100 within the budget for children, Rs 63.09 has been provided for education, Rs 19.31 for health, Rs 16.62 for development and 0.99 paise for protection.
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19. Children’s health and protection needs have been largely neglected during the period of this study. In the wider context of poverty, disease-prevalence, malnutrition, high mortality and the increase in the number of children coming into conflict with the law, can the neglect of children’s health and protection requirements – in financial terms – be justified?
20. Sectoral Difference in BE, RE and AE in Child Budget (In per cent) -4.51 -9.18 -15.22 Protection -2.97 -12.53 -22.41 Health +8.5 -3.63 +2.88 Development +4.46 +0.51 +4.9 Education AE-RE RE-BE AE-BE Year
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27. Table 1 Budget for Children as percentage of the State Budget and Sectoral Allocation within BfC as percentage of the State Budget State Budget for Children as percentage of the State budget Sectoral allocation within BfC as percentage of the State Budget Development Health Education Protection 2000-01 to 2005-06 Andhra Pradesh 12.27 0.54 1.5 10.1 0.16 Himachal Pradesh 14.5 0.49 0.17 13.77 0.07 Orissa* 13.25 1.33 0.14 11.75 0.03 2004-05 to 2007-08 Assam 8.79 0.67 0.13 7.99 0.01 West Bengal 13.12 1.17 0.36 12.61 0.03 Himachal Pradesh 15.01 0.63 0.01 14.3 0.07 Andhra Pradesh 13.58 1.84 0.18 11.44 0.15 Note: * The duration for the study in Orissa was 2001-02 to 2005-06 Source: Detail Demands for Grants of various concerned Departments, for the years mentioned in the table, Government of HP, AP, Orissa, Assam and West Bengal.