30-Mar-2022: Gender Budgeting System

The Government is committed for promoting gender equality in all sectors and at all levels of governance. Financing for gender equality is central to mitigate gender inequalities and Gender Budgeting is a critical strategy in this endeavour. The Government has adopted Gender Budgeting as a strategy to incorporate a gender perspective in all stages of policy making.

The Government has emphasised that Gender Budgeting includes gender sensitive formulation of legislation, policies, plans, programs, schemes, resource allocation, implementation, monitoring, audit and impact assessment of programs and schemes. In this regard, the Ministry has focused on (i) establishing institutional mechanisms and processes to undertake Gender Budgeting in all Ministries/Departments at the national and State/UT level and (ii) strengthening capacities and building expertise across levels of governance on undertaking Gender Budgeting.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a scheme on Gender Budgeting to provide financial grant-in-aid to government departments, national and state training institutes and organisations to conduct training and workshops to build capacities of various stakeholders on Gender Budgeting. The funds allocated/released during the last three years are as under: 

(In Rs. Crore)

* Due to COVID-19 pandemic, virtual trainings were conducted leading to less expenditure

The Government publishes a Gender Budget Statement (Statement13) annually along with the Union Budget. The Gender Budget Statement is a reporting mechanism for Ministries/Departments to review their programmes from a gender perspective and present information on allocations for women and girls.

In Financial Year 2021-22, 43 Ministries/Departments/Union Territories reported an amount of Rs. 1.53 Lakh Crore in the Gender Budget Statement, an increase of 7% over 2020-21 (Budget Estimates).

In Financial Year 2022-23, 41 Ministries/Departments /Union Territories reported an amount of Rs. 1.71 Lakh Crore in the Gender Budget Statement, an increase of 11.5% over 2021-22 (Budget Estimates).

29-Jul-2021: Implementation of Gender Budgeting

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has made consistent efforts to support the institutionalization of Gender Budgeting (GB) at the State/UT level. So far, 27 States/UTs have adopted Gender Budgeting and have taken various steps to address gender gaps and advance gender equality. These steps inter-alia include identification of a nodal Department for Gender Budgeting, constitution of Gender Budgeting Cells, formulation of State Women/Girls Policy, creation of Gender Data Bank and adding Gender Budget Statement in the State Budget.

The Ministry has developed a handbook for Gender Budgeting to further strengthen the process of institutionalizing gender mechanisms across sectors and across all levels of governance. The Ministry also provides financial support to Government training institutions for capacity building of Government officials to enhance Gender Budgeting at the State/UT level. Additionally, 21 States/UTs have established designated State Nodal Centres for sustained capacity building efforts on Gender Budgeting.