Volume : 5, Issue : 7, July - 2016

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH GENDER BUDGETING IN INDIA

Kapil Singh

Abstract :

<p> India is second largest country after China with 1.21 billion population consisting 52 percent male & 48 percent females. Females are almost half of the population with decadal growth rate 18.3 percent as compare to male with 17.1 percent. But still women lag behind men in many fields like education, health, status, economic freedom etc. In current union budget, investment plans in social and rural sectors will be focused on infrastructure, health insurance, farmer’s income schemes as well as education and skills development. The total funds allocated in the Gender Budget Statement (GBS) in 2016-17 are Rs. 90,625 crore, while the allocations for the Ministry of Women and Child Development are Rs. 17,408 crore. Gender equality can be insured with proper planning, budgeting and auditing process. In the above regard, the present paper is a humble attempt to understand the govt. intuition towards the women empowerment. Present paper will also highlight some issues regarding the women empowerment through gender budgeting in India.</p>