Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub

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The Central government recently launched the Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub, a dedicated digital platform aimed at strengthening gender-responsive planning across India.

About Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub

• It is a dedicated digital platform designed to promote gender-responsive planning nationwide.
• It was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• The portal’s primary aim is to empower policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders with a centralised repository of tools — ”including policy briefs, best practices, and gender-‘disaggregated data — ”to support the integration of a gender lens into all stages of planning and budgeting, both at the Central and state levels.
• The portal will equip stakeholders with evidence-based tools to better integrate gender perspectives into planning and budgeting.

Gender Budgeting in India

• Gender budgeting is a tool for gender mainstreaming, applying a gender lens to the entire policy process. 
• It involves gender-sensitive formulation, resource allocation, and continuous monitoring to address vulnerabilities faced by women throughout their life cycle.
• India adopted its first gender budget in 2005-06, marking a significant step towards addressing gender disparities in resource allocation.
• Over the past 11 years, gender budget allocations have increased by four and a half times–from Rs. 0.98 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 4.49 lakh crore in 2025-26.
• How is gender budgeting implemented?
  • Nodal authorities, including the Ministry of Women and Child Development at the central level, spearhead gender budgeting implementation. 
  • Departments of Women and Child Development/Social Welfare, Finance, or Planning Department are also responsible for gender budget implementation in states and Union territories. 
  • District subs for Empowerment of Women are also active in states and Union territories to coordinate and fulfil the objectives of schemes.
  • These hubs are also required to have at least one gender specialist.

Source: PTI