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India's gender budgeting progress: Are we truly empowering women?India's gender-responsive budgeting has increased allocations but lacks the necessary systemic reforms and mandatory frameworks across gove...
Gender budgeting share in total expenditure rises to 6.8% from 4.5% in 2014, up 18.9% in FY25 (YoY): RBIIndia has successfully implemented gender budgeting policies over the past 20 years, increasing the gender budget share to 6.8% of total ex...
India struggles with limited effectiveness of its gender responsive budgeting: UN ReportA new report presented at the UN Ministerial Conference on Women Empowerment in Bangkok highlights that India's Gender Responsive Budgeting...
'India committed to bridging gender pay gap, digital divide'At the UN Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference, India pledged to boost women's participation in non-traditional sectors, address gender pay ...
West Bengal unveils inclusive budget with emphasis on women's welfare & social schemes ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha pollsThe West Bengal government unveiled an inclusive budget ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, emphasizing women's welfare and social schemes. ...
Mamata Banerjee condemns BJP disruption during Bengal's budget tablingWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee criticizes BJP MLAs' disruption during state budget tabling, warns against turning assembly into party offic...
Budget 2024: Nari-shakti may drive Bharat's moment in the world orderWorld Bank data shows that India's female labor force participation rate is relatively low at 19.2%, contributing 17% to the GDP. Achieving...
India’s G20 Presidency: Why it is an opportunity to showcase women-led developmentThe G20 Presidency provides India the right platform to showcase its efforts towards the social upliftment of women.
View: Assessing India’s gender budgetIn efforts to integrate GRB in India’s budgeting process, the Government of India introduced the Gender Budget Statement (GBS) in the Union...
Budget 2020: The need for gender budgetingAs education and health outcomes improve, women's barriers to entry in joining the workforce would reduce. This would reverse the worrying ...
Bridging the gap: Unit to monitor states' gender targets on cardsFinland-like unit may be set up to rank states on criteria for women empowerment.
India asks UN to impose sanctions against terrorists for sexual violenceThe remarks by Paulomi Tripathi, First Secretary in the India's Permanent Mission here, came after UN chief Antonio Guterres reported a hug...
Punjab "fake" encounters, paddy scam in Bihar raised in Lok SabhaBJP member Kirti Azad alleged a Rs 40,000 crore scam in paddy procurement in Bihar and demanded an inquiry into it to bring the guilty to b...
Gender equality key to national development: ExpertA national policy with an action plan backed by resources is the need of the hour to solve gender equality issues in the country, according...
India calls for more participation by women in parliamentary committeesIndia has called on the parliaments across the world to ensure more participation by women in parliamentary committees.
Over 20 lakh girls benefitted by 'Ladli Laxmi' scheme in MPThe scheme was launched by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the first Mahila Panchayat held at his residence.
- 'Budget should be gender sensitive'
Budget proposals that are meant to impact the lives of women will be monitored with special care. To implement gender commitments, the gove...