GB in India, GB Way forward, what has worked for India

1. Gender Budgeting in India
Dr. Paramita Majumdar
Senior Consultant, Gender Budgeting
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Govt. of India, New Delhi
Innovations in Gender Responsive Budgeting:
Sharing Experiences from Asia Pacific,
8-9 December, 2016, Jaipur

2. Gender Budgeting – 10 Years & …..
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2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2009-10
2011-12
2013-14
2015-16
GB Statement
Charter for GBC
GB Scheme for
Cap.Bldg.
Revised Guidelines for
Outcome Budget issued
• Guidelines issued to states
• Gender Audit - WG
EFC
Nodal Centres
GA pilot as
part of Internal
Audit
2004 - Expert Group constituted
14th
FC Devolution
– flexibility &
autonomy to the
states
14th
FC Devolution
– flexibility &
autonomy to the
states

3. Gender Budgeting :
What has Worked
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4. 1. Structures and Mechanisms
• Introduction of the GB Statement (Statement 20) in 2005-06
• Setting up of Gender Budgeting Cells (GBCs) across all Ministries
and Departments - GBCs set up in 57 Ministries/ Department
• Gender Budgeting Charter Finance outlining the composition and
functions of Gender Budgeting Cells issued in 2007
• Checklists prepared for gender-specific and so-called gender
mainstream sector
• Reporting in the Gender Budget Statement as part of the
annual budget by Ministries and Departments
• Integration of gender in the Outcome Budget Guidelines in 2005-
06 by the Ministry of Finance.
• Integration of gender perspective at the design stage itself of all
programs and schemes of Government of India through Expenditure
Finance Committee Memorandum, Ministry of Finance
December 14, 2016 &
issued
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5. 1. Structures and Mechanisms
• Inclusion of a Gender Chapter as part of the Annual Report
by Ministries/Departments
• Introduction of formats for preparing Annual Action Plans by
Ministries/Departments
• GB Guidelines prepared by the Ministry of Women and Child
Development and issued to all states (sub-national governments)
to comply with the approach. Regular training programs
organized.
• Parliament Questions
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Expected
Outcome
Activities Indicator Responsibility Timeline Budget
proposed/
Allocated

6. 2. Strengthening Capacities
• Training of Government and other stakeholders
• Introduction of a Gender Budgeting Scheme in 2007-08
to support training and research, evaluation, impact
assessment, gender audit. Intensive capacity building
programmes across sectors
• Development of GB Handbook and Manual and wide
dissemination
• Strengthening apex training institutes at the national and
sub-national level to train civil servants and resource persons
• Engaging with Line Departments - One-to-one
interactions with Ministries/ Departments
• Post Budget Analysis and Gender Audit of the GB
Statement by Civil Society Organisations

7. 3. Gender Auditing
• Constituted a Working Group for developing Gender Audit
guidelines
• Preparation of Gender Audit Guidelines
• Pilot testing of the Gender Audit Guideline
• Gender Audit in process by the Internal Audit Division of
CGA, MOF in Six Ministries (pilot)
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9. What next?
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10. Central & State Govt.
Ministries/Departments
in process of Identifying
Entry Points in the
New Framework

11. 15-year Vision Document
• Co-terminus with 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Main objective of the vision - Poverty Eradication
• 7-year strategy (2017-18 to 2023-24) to convert a long-vision
document into implementable policy and
• 3-year action plan (2017-18 to 2019-20) as part of the national
developmental agenda - aligned with the 14th FC
• Focus Areas - Infrastructure, commerce, education and health, also
• internal security and defence, which were not part of the earlier five
year plans.

12. 12th
Plan Key Strategies – not over
 Engendering National Policies/Programmes
 Enabling Legislations
 Women’s Participation in Governance
 Social Inclusion of Vulnerable women
 Economic Empowerment
 Social and Physical Infrastructure

13. Way Forward
• Bigger Role envisaged for the Rural and Urban Local Bodies
• Focus on participatory planning though Gram Panchayat
Development Plan (GPDP)
• Focus on outcome budgets in respect of the expenditures
directly incurred by the states or at the level of actual
spending
• Attempt being made to link outlays, outputs and outcomes
through the outcome budgets, supported by an ongoing
computerisation of accounts, real-time management
information systems (MIS) and performance monitoring and
evaluation systems (PMES).
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14. Thank You
majumdarparamita@gmail.com
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