On 24 January 2014, National Girl Child Day, CBPS is organising a half-day seminar on Public Expenditure on Children in Karnataka at Hotel Capitol, Bengaluru. We are extremely happy that Smt. Umashree, Minister for Women and Child Development in Karnataka, has agreed to inaugurate this seminar, and noted social scientist and philosopher, Dr. Shobha Raghuram, has agreed to give the keynote address.