The Gender Budget Component this year accounted for 6.4 per cent of the total Budget.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the govt will encourage vaccination for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years for the prevention of cervical cancer, the second most prevalent cancer among women in India.

With little or no privately-run sport, it is hard for Indian athletes to unionise, given they would be pitting themselves against the only buyer in the market.