Insight - Budget with an agenda for women

Budget 2021 did not fall short of measures to empower women. Special micro credit financing and marketing training programmes in addition to business technical guidance have been proposed to further support women entrepreneurship.

NOVEMBER 2020 has been an eventful month with the United States election coinciding with Malaysia’s Budget 2021 announcement.

My heart palpitated on Nov 3 as I sat refreshing my web browser to see who would be the first to reach the 270 electoral votes in the US electoral race. However, the wait on Nov 6 was more trepid as to whether our Finance Minister would finish his maiden budget speech without any glitches.