Lok Sabha Question No. 4116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Gender Budgeting System
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayanta Kumar Roy, Nisith Pramanik, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Sukanta Majumdar, Bhola Singh, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4116

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## GENDER BUDGETING SYSTEM

## 4116.   DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY;

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK;

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM;

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO;

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR;

SHRI BHOLA SINGH;

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BAAIYA);

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK;

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR;

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  adopted  Gender  Budgeting  (GB)  in  order  to strategize gender mainstreaming across sectors and at all levels of governance in the country, if so, the details thereof indicating the current status and progress made in this regard;
- (b) the funds allocated/released to Central/State Government/Autonomous Institution for mainstreaming gender concern during the last three years;
- (c) whether the gender responsive budgeting  statement has any impact on actual allocation of funds during the project design phase and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefore;
- (d) whether all the State Governments/UTs have adopted Gender Budgeting and if so the details thereof, if not, the details of State Governments/UTs that have not yet adopted Gender Budgeting;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  assess  the  impact  of adoption of Gender Budgeting, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to strengthen the Gender Responsive Budgeting in the country.

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) The Government of India has adopted Gender Budgeting in 2005-06 as a budgetary strategy to advance gender mainstreaming at the national and State levels with focus to translate  gender commitments into budgetary commitments across all sectors. So far Gender Budgeting is being done by 37 Central Ministries by  way of reconstitution of Gender Budgeting Cells and designation of nodal officers. Gender Budgeting has been adopted by 27 States/UTs.

- (b)   The  funds  released  to  national  and  State  Government  institutions  during  the  last three years is as under:
- (c) The Gender Budget Statement (GBS) is a reporting mechanism to assess budgets which are being allocated for women and girls by different Ministries/Departments. For the Financial Year, 2021-22, an amount of Rs. 1,53,326.28 Cr. has been allocated for the women and girls by 43 Ministries/Departments/UTs. In this regard, an amount of Rs. 25,260.95 Cr. has been allocated under Part 'A' (100% women oriented schemes) and an  amount  of  Rs.  1,28,065.33  has  been  allocated  under  Part  'B'  (30-99%  women oriented schemes) for Financial Year 2021-22.
- (d) The following 27 States have implemented GB:

|   S. No. | Financial Year   | Amount Released   |
|----------|------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | 2017-18          | Rs. 1.50 Cr.      |
|        2 | 2018-19          | Rs. 3.14 Cr.      |
|        3 | 2019-20          | Rs. 1.70 Cr.      |

| Early Adopters                                                                                                                        | Subsequent Adopters                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Recent Adopters                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Odisha (2004-05) Tripura (2005-06) Uttar Pradesh (2005) Karnataka (2006-07) Gujarat (2006) Lakshadweep (2006-07) West Bengal(2005-06) | Madhya Pradesh (2007-08) Jammu &Kashmir (2007-08) Arunachal Pradesh (2007-08) Chhattisgarh (2007-08) Uttarakhand (2007-08) Himachal Pradesh (2008) Assam (2008-09) Bihar (2008-09) Kerala (2010-11) Nagaland (2009) | Rajasthan (2011) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (2011-12) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (2012) Punjab (2012) Maharashtra (2013) NCT of Delhi (2013-14) Jharkhand (2015-16) Andhra Pradesh (2017) Tamil Nadu (2018-19) Manipur (2020) |

Following 9 States/UTs have yet not adopted Gender Budgeting:

| Goa       | Telangana   |
|-----------|-------------|
| Haryana   | Chandigarh  |
| Meghalaya | Ladakh      |
| Mizoram   | Puducherry  |
| Sikkim    |             |

- (e)  No  study  has  been  conducted  to  assess  the  impact  of  adoption  of  Gender Budgeting,
- (f) Ministry of Women and Child Development engages with all Ministries/Departments with respect to the analysis of the gender component of the various schemes/programmes being run by the Government of India. Stakeholder collaborations have been done with some multilateral agencies.

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