{"id":32367,"date":"2023-02-05T03:08:21","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T21:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32367"},"modified":"2025-04-19T10:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T05:26:04","slug":"gender-budgeting-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gender-budgeting-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Budgeting in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is Gender Budgeting?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the Timeline of Gender Budgeting in India?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What are the Issues with Gender Budgeting in India?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What needs to be Done to Promote Gender Budgeting?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary with respect to the Recent Gender Budget Announcements<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>India&#8217;s Gender Budget, which aims to reduce the gender gap, was allocated \u20b92.23 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2023-24, which is just 2.12% higher than the Revised Estimates (RE) of \u20b92.18 lakh crore for 2022-23.<\/li>\n<li>However, it was at least 30% higher compared to last year&#8217;s Budget Estimates (BE) of 1.71 lakh crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>What is Gender Budgeting?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) defines gender budgeting as <strong>a tool to achieve gender mainstreaming <\/strong>so as to ensure that the benefits of development reach women as much as men.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The government publishes a <strong>Gender Budget Statement<\/strong> (GBS) every year along with the <strong>Union Budget.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>GBS is a <u>reporting mechanism<\/u> for ministries\/departments <strong>to review their programmes from a gender perspective<\/strong> and present information on allocations for women.<\/li>\n<li>As such, it is <strong>not a separate accounting exercise<\/strong> but an ongoing process of keeping a gender perspective in policy\/programme formulation, its implementation and review.<\/li>\n<li>So, it <strong>entails the dissection of the government budgets<\/strong> &#8211;<\/li>\n<li>To establish its gender differential impacts and\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>To ensure that gender commitments are translated into budgetary commitments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the Timeline of Gender Budgeting in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2001:<\/strong> Then Finance Minister of India, in his Budget speech, makes a special reference. National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) <strong>analyses the Union Budget 2001-02 from a gender perspective for the first time.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2005-06<\/strong>, The Gender Budget was first introduced, when the Expenditure Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a note on gender budgeting as a part of the Budget Circular.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part A of the note<\/strong> reflects Women Specific Schemes, which have 100% allocation for women.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part B of the note<\/strong> reflects Pro-Women&#8217;s Schemes, where at least 30% of the allocation is for women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2007<\/strong>, the Department of Expenditure issued a charter outlining the composition of <strong>Gender Budgeting Cells<\/strong> (GBCs) and their functions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2010<\/strong>, the Planning Commission clarified that in place of the Women Component Plan, the Ministry of Finance and MoWCD should adopt Gender Responsive Budgeting or Gender Budgeting only.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gender budgeting in states:<\/strong> In 2021, the MoWCD stated that 27 states\/UTs had adopted Gender Budgeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>What are the Issues with Gender Budgeting in India?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/qTHgX89uM1e54wu_ywGAcX8Q24NK9YOAaFHDpVIARzkp2A2tmDKXDCLOucRjbKuH5hOCtSPPiT_P-usyl0Io-JpAxy8njAum6I9hLZr8Vzbvfe5pRoVXQ6Jij3lSgz4zjjn1mlCAyWJ7KXa0gYiF_Q\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nImage Caption: Gender Budget as % of GDP<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quantum of gender budgeting and fiscal marksmanship:<\/strong> India&#8217;s gender Budget remains in the range of 4 &#8211; 6% of the total expenditure and less than 1% of its GDP. It also l<strong>acks fiscal marksmanship, <\/strong>which is the accuracy of budgetary forecasting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concentrated in 5 key ministries:<\/strong> Around 90% of gender budgeting is concentrated in five ministries. When it comes to livelihood, <strong>MGNREGA is the biggest scheme in gender budgeting<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Areas like transportation, water collection and water security remain ignored.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Post-Covid-19 approach: <\/strong>The last Budget failed to address critical areas highlighted by pandemic in 2021-22 and 2022-23, despite the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>\u00a0What needs to be Done to Promote Gender Budgeting?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Applying a gender lens to Budget:<\/strong> Nobody is saying that make exclusive schemes, but include a gender perspective to government schemes uniformly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Track gender disaggregated data:<\/strong> To determine who is benefiting from government schemes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decentralisation:<\/strong> Empowering officials at district level and panchayat level who deal with ground realities on a day-to-day basis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n<strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overview:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There was <strong>a 0.63% rise<\/strong> in the share of the Gender Budget in government&#8217;s total expenditure.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The estimated Gender Budget stood at <strong>4.96% of the total expenditure<\/strong> this year, compared to 4.33% last year.<\/li>\n<li>The gender budget has been <strong>an average of 4.9% of the total expenditure<\/strong> as per budget estimates during the previous 15 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Decoding Part A and B of Gender Budget:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There was a whopping <strong>228% hike in Part A of the Gender Budget<\/strong> compared to last year, while Part B saw a <strong>6% drop<\/strong> from 2022-23.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part A <\/strong>of the Gender Budget, which was allotted over \u20b988,000 crore this year, is dominated by the <strong>Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana<\/strong> (both Urban and Rural housing).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part B &#8211; the bigger of the two components<\/strong> &#8211; received \u20b91.35 lakh crore in the 2023 Budget. Part B comprises several schemes pertaining to rural development, health, education and women empowerment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allocations to key schemes:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Safe City Project<\/strong>, an initiative under the <strong>Nirbhaya Fund scheme<\/strong> for ensuring safety of women and children, saw an eight-fold increase in allocation &#8211; from \u20b9165 crore in RE 2022-23 to \u20b91,300 crore in BE 2023-24.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SAMBAL<\/strong>, a sub-scheme comprising old schemes like <strong>One Stop Centre, Women Helpline and Beti Bachao Beti Padha<\/strong>o, saw no change in allocation in the 2023 Budget &#8211; \u20b9562 crore.<\/li>\n<li>Another sub-scheme <strong>SAMARTHYA<\/strong>, which includes women empowerment programmes like <strong>Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and Swadhar Greh<\/strong>, was earmarked \u20b92,496 crore this year, 33% more compared to RE 2022-23.<\/li>\n<li>SAMBAL and SAMARTHYA are part of the larger umbrella scheme <strong>&#8216;Mission Shakti&#8217;<\/strong>, an integrated women empowerment programme that came into effect in 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is the significance of Gender Budget and when it was first presented in India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gender Budget entails the dissection of the government budgets to establish its gender differential impacts and to ensure that gender commitments are translated into budgetary commitments. In 2005-06, the Gender Budget was first introduced in India.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) What are the main parts of Gender Budget?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Part A of the Gender Budget reflects Women Specific Schemes, which have 100% allocation for women. Part B reflects Pro-Women&#8217;s Schemes, where at least 30% of the allocation is for women.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/budget\/article\/union-budget-2023-allocations-for-women-s-issues-higher-than-last-year-123020100941_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Union Budget 2023: Allocations for women&#8217;s issues higher than last year<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/business\/indias-gender-budget-up-by-over-30-this-year-3746553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>NDTV<\/u><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>|\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/budget\/article\/budget-2023-here-s-all-you-need-to-know-about-gender-budgeting-in-india-123012400203_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Business Standard<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CGz5Q_XWKUY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CGz5Q_XWKUY<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gender budgeting is a tool to achieve gender mainstreaming so that  benefits of development reach women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}