To raise awareness of gender issues and gender impacts of budgets and Policies, To hold government accountable for budgetary and policy commitments, To better promote gender equality.

1. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE
UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW
GENDER BUDGETING:
CONCEPT AND FIVE YEARS
PLANS

2. Women Situation

3. To raise awareness of
gender issues and gender
impacts of budgets and
Policies
To hold government
accountable for budgetary
and policy commitments
To better promote gender
equality
*Goals of GB

4. In fact that gender budgeting is now
seen as a socio-economic tool for
ensuring gender equity in the
development process and lays a strong
emphasis on engendering public
expenditure and policy.
*GB Means

5. Gender Budgeting is a powerful tool for
achieving gender mainstreaming
It ensures that benefits of development would
achieve women development,
It is an ongoing process of keeping a gender
perspective in policy/programme formulation, its
implementation and review.
It dissects of the Government budget to establish
gender equality and ensures that gender
commitments through budgetary commitments.
*Why GB

6. • Women, constitute 48% of India’s
population, but they lag behind men on
many social indicators like health,
education, economic opportunities, etc.
• Hence, they warrant special attention
due to their vulnerability and lack of
access to resources.
• The way Government budgets allocate
resources, has the potential to transform
these gender inequalities.
*Rationale of GB

7. Constitutional Provisions
Legal Framework
Women Specific Laws
Laws affecting Women
Policies
Public Expenditure Programmes
* Gender commitments in India

8. *Gender Issues

9. Promotes government transparency and
accountability
Addresses discrimination, inefficiency
and corruption
More effective use of public funds
Improves policies and contributes to
economic growth
Strengthens women citizen advocacy and
monitoring
*GB does

10. Gender knowledge
Budget knowledge
Issue/sector-specific knowledge
*GB requirements

11. The planning process in India has evolved
over the years from a purely welfare
oriented approach to an empowerment
oriented approach.
Women first secured a special niche and
space in the national plans during the Sixth
Five year plan with focus on health,
education and employment of women.
* GB in India under
Five years Plans

12. The Planning Commission was set up by a
Resolution of the Government of India in
March 1950 in pursuance of declared
objectives of the Government to promote a
rapid rise in the standard of living of the
people by efficient exploitation of the
resources of the country, increasing
production and offering opportunities to all
for employment in the service of the
community.
*

13. The Women and Child Development Division handles all the work relating
to – Empowerment of Women; and
Development of Children in close co-ordination with the nodal Department
of Women and Child Development.
Over all Policy Guidance / Advice to both Governmental (central and state
levels) and
Non-Governmental Organizations in the field of Women and Child
Development.
Work relating to Five Year plans
Setting up of Working Groups at the Ministerial level and co-ordination
with the nodal Department,
Setting up of Steering Committees in the Planning Commission and its
related work.
Examination of Plan Proposals and preliminary discussions with the
Ministry; Coordination with the Department with regard to Central Working
Groups; Examination of Plan Proposals;
Mid-Term Appraisal
*

14. A paradigm shift to gender sensitivity in
allocation of resources occurred with the
Seventh Five Year Plan (1987-1992), which
initiated the monitoring of 27 beneficiary
oriented schemes to establish the impact of
these schemes on women.
The commitment was reaffirmed in the Eighth
Plan (1992-1997) which highlighted on the need
to ensure a definite flow of funds from the
general developmental sectors to women.

15. Eight Five-Year Plan (1992-97) focused on empowering
women, especially at the gross roots level, through
Panchayat Raj Institutions.
Ninth Five-Year Plan (1997-2002) adopted a strategy of
women’s component plan, under which not less than
30% of funds/benefits were earmarked for women-
specific programmes.
Tenth Five-Year Plan (2002-07) aims at empowering
women through National Policy for Women (2001) into
action and ensuring Survival, Protection and
Development of women through rights based approach.

16. Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007- 2012) clearly
stated that, ’gender equity requires
adequate provisions to be made in policies
and schemes across Ministries and
Departments.

17. Creating greater ‘freedom’ and ‘choice’ for
women
Improving health and education indicators for
women
Reducing the incidence of violence against
women
Improving employability of women, work
participation rates especially in the organised
sector and increased ownership of assets and
control over resources.
* XII Plan

18. Objective – advancement, development
and empowerment, elimination of
discrimination
Themes and issues – Judicial legal system,
economic empowerment, social
empowerment (health, education, science
and technology, drinking water and
sanitation, protection from violence)
women and decision making, girl child
National Policy for
Empowerment of Women

19. Ministry of Finance
• Included a column on gender
outcomes in the budget
• Mandated Ministries to identify
gender mainstreaming programs and
improve women’s access to services
GB in India

20. Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
• Issue of deserted wives of non-resident Indian
marriages
• Periodic review of female domestic servants in
foreign countries
Ministry of Urban Development
• Clean and safe public toilets
• Adequate street lighting

21. Ministry of Defense
• Gender inclusion and non-discrimination
in armed forces
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
• Provide solar lanterns to girl students
• Train women to sell and repair renewable
energy devices

22. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
• Health insurance initiative for women
• Increase immunization levels for girls
Ministry of Agriculture
• National Gender Resource Centre
• Increase access to credit and markets

23. Issue of checklists / guidelines for gender audit of
public expenditure
Adoption of Strategic Framework for Gender Budgeting
Special letters sent to Ministry of Finance and Planning
Commission to engender the Annual Plan and Budget
exercise for 2005-2006
Consultations with select Departments on four priority
areas
Food and Nutrition Security & Employment guarantee
Water and Sanitation
Adequate Health facilities
Asset base for women
Action by the Department for
Women & Child Development

24. Holistic approach of GB in
five years plans
Health
& Nut.
Education
Water & San.
Skills
Technology Credit
Political
Participation
Marketing
Asset base

25. Pursue Gender Mainstreaming in the
Government through coordination with
Gender Budget cells
Widening scope of National Statistical
System
Widening scope from public expenditure to
Revenues, Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Pursue gender budgeting by States with
help of planning Commission and Mo
Finance.
Capacity Building- Coordinate with training
institutes and experts to standardize
methodology and tools
Path Ahead

26. Dr. Rohit Misra
General Secretary
Pt. Govind Mohan Misra Smriti Sansthan
rohitmisra2011@gmail.com
8318236575