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Item Budget 2015(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2015-06-28) Marwaha, PujaAt least 10 per cent of Union budget for children if they are to get proper education, nutrition and protectionItem Budget 2016: 18 expectations for citizens under 18(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2016-02-26) Ganotra, KomalFour hundred million children comprising about 40 per cent of India's population are very much the citizens of today. The total child budget in 2015-'16 has declined substantially, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of the total Union Budget.Item Budget expectations(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2017-01-30) Ganotra, KomalIn absence of substantial financial backing, achieving quality education appears to be distant dream “The destiny of India is now being shaped in her classrooms,” declared the Education Commission in 1964-66. Never has this statement been more applicable than it is today. India has now taken over China as the largest primary education system in the worldItem Budget for children(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2018-02-05) Ganotra, Komalthe Union Budget 2018-19 has taken into consideration the social sector, especially health and education. Hopes of children gaining priority in this year’s budget though remained unfulfilled. The total Budget for Children remains stagnant at 3.23% with Rs 79,088 crore allocated for children over last year’s allocation of Rs 71,305 crore (an 11 per cent increase).Item Incremental child budget won’t bring transformational change(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2019-01-31) Marwaha, PujaIf tomorrow’s budget sticks to being just about an incremental change of numbers, nothing much will change. Transformation always needs exponential changeItem Union budget 2015(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2015-06-07) Ganotra, KomalThe most drastic cut in child budget so far has occurred in the 2015-16 budget General trends in public expenditure on children indicate the priority accorded to children in public policy. Given the significant deficits in various development indicators regarding children, it is imperative that the government allocate sufficiently for various programmes and schemes earmarked for children. However, total resources earmarked for children (child budget, henceforth) in the Union budget shows a gloomy picture.Item Why incremental rise in the country’s budgeting for children should give way to transformational change(CRY - Child Rights & You, 2018-01-03) Ganotra, KomalChildren account for over 39 percent of the population of India as per the 2011 census. However, a close look at the overall trends in budget for children indicates stagnancy in overall investments allocations.