What is in the Budget 2018 for women?
While presenting the Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that 8 crore poor women would be provided with free LPG connections. He also announced that women's contribution to EPF will be reduced to 8% for first three years and that loans to women Self Help Groups (SHGs) increased to about â¹42,500 crore in 2016-17, growing 37% over previous year.