Portal was launched by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development at the National Consultation on Gender Budgeting.
About Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub Portal
- It is a centralized repository of tools including policy briefs, best practices, and gender-disaggregated data.
- Intended for use by central and state government ministries/departments and stakeholders.
- Features online application portal for submitting proposals for gender budgeting training and capacity building programmes.
About Gender Budgeting (GB)
- It is an approach that integrates gender equality into government’s planning and budgeting processes and analyses how budgets can promote gender equality.
- GB involves a thorough analysis of Government budgets to -
- establish its gender differential impacts;
- prioritise and frame commitments and corresponding actions; and
- ensure budget allocations for gender equality commitments.
Need of Gender Budgeting in India
- Gender-sensitive policies: National budgets impact women and men differently through the patterns of resource allocation. It is a continuous process of integrating a gender perspective into policy formulation, implementation, and review.
- Responsive governance and participatory budgeting: Encourages greater participation of women in decision-making at all levels (e.g., PRIs, urban local bodies).
- Legal Framework Strengthening: Strengthens women-specific laws like Criminal Law Amendment Act 2013 and Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act 2013.
