The document discusses the Indian government's budget for 2013-14 as presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Some key allocations and plans included allocating Rs. 17,700 crore to the Integrated Child Development Scheme (an 11.7% increase), commending the ICDS for spending its entire 2012-13 budget, and continuing focus on early childhood care. A multi-sectoral nutrition program was allocated Rs. 300 crore initially.

1. FM also commended the ICDS for being able to spend the entire amount of Rs 15,850 crore provided in 2012-13.
NEW DELHI: The Women and Child Development ministry's Integrated Child Development Scheme
(ICDS) has been allocated Rs 17,700 crore in the budget for the year 2013-14 which is an 11.7 per cent
increase over the fund alloted in the previous year.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram today also commended the ICDS for being able to spend the entire
amount of Rs 15,850 crore provided in 2012-13.
By allocating an increased amount for the scheme, the Finance minister underlined that the focus will
continue to be on early childhood care and education.
Chidambaram said the maternal and child malnutritionin a country with abundant foodgrains is a shame
that we must overcome.
A multi-sectoral programme to combat this problem that was announced last year will also be
implemented in 100 districts during 2013-14 with an allocation of Rs 300 crore and it will be scaled up to
cover 200 districts the yeanion Budget which he presented on Thursday, Feb 28.
In budget 2013 measures for women, child and tribal welfare has been announced by our respectable
Finance Minister P Chidambaram. In his speech he proposed that the allocation to health and family
welfare ministries will be increased. Further he said, women belonging to the most vulnerable groups,
including single women and widows, must be able to live with self-esteem and dignity and added that
young women face gender discrimination everywhere, especially at the work place. The Ministry of
Women and Child Development has been asked to design schemes that will address these concerns and
a sum of Rs. 200 Crore has been provided to begin work in this regard. He said that a number of
initiatives were underway and many more would be taken by the Government as well as non-government
organizations. Proposal to set up India’s first Women’s Bank as a public sector bank -
Finance Minister P Chidambaram done the following allocation in his speech:-
 Rs. 17700 Crore for child and women welfare representing an increase of 11.7 per cent.
 Rs. 65867 Crore to the education ministry, which is 17% higher than the last year.
 Rs. 13215 Crore for mid day meal scheme will be given.
 Rs. 1000 Crore for setting up of a fund – Nirbhaya Fund – with the Government.
 More than Rs 25000 Crore will be given for tribal welfare in the coming financial year.
Emphasis was put on higher growth and financial strength because as per Chidambaram growth is the
important factor for the economic development of the India. He believes that many people will be left
behind if attention is not paid to growth sustainability.
He said getting back to high growth rates of over 8-9 percent seen some years ago was the main
challenge.
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2. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram with Ministers of State NN Meena and SS Palanimanickam arrives at Parliament to
present the Annual Budget 2013-14 in New Delhi on Thursday. Apart from making allocations for exclusive sub plans for
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, Budget also has special plans for minorities, women and children as well as persons
with disabilities.
NEW DELHI: Apart from making allocations for exclusive sub plans for scheduled castes and scheduled
tribes, Budget 2013-14 has special plans for minorities, women and children as well as persons with
disabilities.
While presenting the Annual General Budget, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the budget had sub
plans for welfare of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. These funds cannot be diverted and must be
spent for the purpose of the sub plans.
He said that an allocation of Rs 41,561 crore to the scheduled castes sub plan and Rs 24,598 crore to the
tribal sub plan had been made.
Chidambaram also informed the members of the House that gender budget has been allocated Rs
97,134 crore and child budget Rs 77,236 crore in 2013-14.
Women belonging to most vulnerable groups, including single women and widows, must be able to live
with self-esteem and dignity, he said, while noting that young women face gender discrimination
especially at the work place.
He said the ministry of Women and Child Development had been asked to design schemes to address
these concerns and Rs 200 crore has been provided to begin work in this regard.
The Finance Minister said Rs 3,511 crore had been allocated to the ministry of Minority Affairs, which is
an increase of 12 per cent over the budget estimates and 60 per cent over the revised estimates of 2012-
13.
The Maulana Azad Education Foundation is the main vehicle to implement education schemes and
channelised funds to non-government organisations for the minorities, he said and added that its corpus
stands at Rs 750 crore.
He said that to raise this amount to Rs 1500 crore during the 12th Plan period, it is proposed to allocate
Rs 160 crore to the corpus fund. Chidambaram said the Maulana Azad Education Foundation wishes to
add medical aid to its objectives and the same had been accepted.
A beginning can be made by providing medical facilities such as a resident doctor in educational
institutions run or funded by the Foundation, he said, adding Rs 100 crore is being allocated to launch this
initiative.
Chidambaram said government is committed to provide support to persons with disabilities and
announced a sum of Rs 110 crore to the Department of Disability Affairs for the ADIP Scheme in 2013-
14.

3. New Delhi, Feb 28: A special fund of Rs 1000 crore for setting up the
'Nirbhaya Fund' apart from an allocation of Rs 97,000 crore for women's
development are the notable takeaways from the Union Budget for 2013-14
that was presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the Parliament on
Tuesday. Here are the other highlights of the budget: Capital infusion of Rs
12,570 crore in 13 public sector banks during 2012-13; another Rs 14,000
crore for capital infusion in 2013-14 to meet Basel-3 norms First exclusive
public sector bank for women to be opened by October; Rs 1,000 crore
allocated as initial capital All public sector bank branches to have ATMs Act to
strengthen SEBI in its silver jubilee year under consideration Ambiguity
between FDI and FII to be removed Two new ports to be set up in West
Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to add 100 million tonnes handling capacity Gas
handling terminal at Dabhol in Maharashtra to be fully operational during
2013-14 State governments urged to sign restructuring plans with electricity
discoms Tax-free infrastructure bonds of Rs 50,000 crore to be issued Textile
ministry allocated Rs 50 crore for establishing apparel parks Handloom sector
allocated Rs 96 crore to benefit 150,000 weavers Infrastructure debt funds to
be encouraged Regulator to be appointed for road projects; 3,000 km of road
projects to be awarded in first six months of 2013-14 Incentive allowance of
15 percent over and above permitted depreciation to those investing over
Rs.100 crore in infrastructure projects Seven new cities identified along Delhi-
Mumbai Industrial Corridor Preliminary work begun on Bangalore-Mumbai
Industrial corridor Foodgrain production during 2013-13 estimated at 250
million tonnes Rs 500 crore allocated for promoting crop diversification Rs 200
crore allocated for promoting nutrient-rich crops Rs 50 crore allocated for
farmer-producer organisations National Livestock Mission to be launched with
allocation of Rs 307 crore Rs 10,000 crore allocated for initial expenditure on
implementation Human resource development ministry to get Rs 65,867 crore
Rs 13,250 crore allocated for midday meals scheme Rs 17,700 crore
allocated for Integrated Child Development Scheme Drinking water and
sanitation ministry allocated Rs 15,260 crore Allocation of rural development
ministry allocation raised by 46 percent to Rs 80,294 crore; Rs 33,000 crore
for rural jobs scheme Budget expenditure for 2013-14 at Rs 16 lakh 65,297
crore; plan expenditure at Rs 5 lakh 55,224 crore Rs 41,000 crore for
Scheduled Caste plan Rs 97,000 crore for women's development Rs 110
crore for department of disabilities Rs 37,330 crore for health ministry No

4. revision of personal income tax slabs; relief in first bracket through tax credit
of Rs 2,000 for earnings up to Rs 5 lakh Ten percent surcharge on income
exceeding Rs 1 crore a year; only 42,800 people have declared such income
Tax Administrative Reforms Commission to be set up Collective responsibility
to ensure dignity and safety of women; recent incidents have cast a dark
shadow; stand in solidarity with our girl children and women; will keep them
safe and secur Defence allocated Rs 2 lakh 3,672 crore Cities to be
encouraged to promote waste to energy projects Low interest funds to be
provided for promoting clean energy Rs 800 crore provided to promoting wind
energy Two new ports to be set up in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to
add 100 million tonnes handling capacity Gas handling terminal at Dabhol in
Maharashtra to be fully operational during 2013-14 State governments urged
to sign restructuring plans with electricity discoms Tax-free infrastructure
bonds of Rs 50,000 crore to be issued Textile ministry allocated Rs 50 crore
for establishing apparel parks Handloom sector allocated Rs 96 crore to
benefit 150,000 weavers Infrastructure debt funds to be encouraged
Regulator to be appointed for road projects; 3,000 km of road projects to be
awarded in first six months of 2013-14 Incentive allowance of 15 percent over
and above permitted depreciation to those investing over Rs 100 crore in
infrastructure projects Rajiv Gandhi Equity Scheme to be liberalised Seven
new cities identified along Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Preliminary work
begun on Bangalore-Mumbai Industrial corridor Foodgrain production during
2013-13 estimated at 250 million tonnes Rs 500 crore allocated for promoting
crop diversification Rs 200 crore allocated for promoting nutrient-rich crops Rs
50 crore allocated for farmer-producer organisations National Livestock
Mission to be launched with allocation of Rs.307 crore Rs 10,000 crore
allocated for initial expenditure on implementation Human resource
development ministry to get Rs 65,867 crore Rs 13,250 crore allocated for
midday meals scheme Rs 17,700 crore allocated for Integrated Child
Development Scheme Drinking water and sanitation ministry allocated Rs
15,260 crore Allocation of rural development ministry allocation raised by 46
percent to Rs 80,294 crore; Rs 33,000 crore for rural jobs scheme Budget
expenditure for 2013-14 at Rs 16 lakh 65,297 crore; plan expenditure at Rs 5
lakh 55,224 crore Rs 41,000 crore for Scheduled Caste plan Rs 97,000 crore
for women's development Rs 110 crore for department of disabilities

5. Rs37,330 crore for health ministry OneIndia News (with IANS input
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