2. “It is more important to create a general
awareness’ and understanding of the
problems of women’s employment in all the
top policy and decision making and
executive personnel. There is also the
special problem facing women like the
preference for male children for social and
cultural reasons. This will require
awareness, understanding and action. The
best way to do so is to educate the children,
orient the teachers, examine the text books
and teaching-aids and ensure that the next
generation grows up with new thinking.”
(6th Five Year Plan )
3. Higher percentage share of states in
expenditure on women
Expenditure on Health is largest component
Broad trend reflects increase in expenditure
Wide annual fluctuations in many states
Some states reflect relatively less expenditure
compared with population of women
4. Research Study – Decadal trend
Expenditure on Women's Development (Rs in cr.)
YEAR CENTRE STATES TOTAL
AMOUNT % AMOUNT % AMOUNT
1993-94 440.32 41 643.25 59 1083.57
1994-95 643.48 48 700.17 52 1343.65
1995-96 558.22 37 960.88 63 1519.09
1996-97 811.40 44 1050.35 56 1861.75
1997-98 893.60 43 1169.21 57 2062.81
1998-99 1178.17 47 1348.47 53 2526.64
1999-00 1382.04 50 1398.29 50 2780.33
2000-01 1550.80 48 1709.84 52 3260.63
2001-02 (RE) 1838.64 48 2031.73 52 3870.37
2002-03 (BE) 1507.59 41 2211.57 59 3719.16
5. An exercise to translate stated gender commitments
of the Government into budgetary commitments.
Strategy for ensuring Gender Sensitive Resource
Allocation and a tool for engendering macro
economic policy
Entails affirmative action for empowering women
Covers assessment of gender differential impact of
Government Budgets and policies (Revenue and
Expenditure).
Enables Tracking and Allocating resources for
women empowerment
Opportunity to determine real value of resources
allocated to women
6. How do we translate all these
commitments into budgetary
commitment and administrative
action ?
How do we engender policies
and programmes ?
7. Women’s Component Plan-Earmarking resources
for women
Implementing Women Specific Schemes
Monitoring macro indicators like MMR Literacy
rates, work participation
Quantum and Trend analysis of resources
allocated and spent on women
Gender Audit of schemes and programmes-
implementation and impact analysis
8. Capacity Building- Departments in GOI and State
Governments
Mainstreaming Gender Concerns- Watchdog
approach
Interest Subsidy
Kerosene Oil
Micro Credit
Health Insurance
Inflation
9. Quantification of allocation of resources for
women
Gender Audit of policies of the Government
Impact assessment of various schemes in the
Union and State budgets
Analyzing schematic and policy initiatives and
link with impact on status of women related
Macro Indicators
11. Women availing services of public utilities like road
transport, power, water and sanitation,
telecommunication etc.
Training of women as highly skilled workers- top end
skills
Research/Technology for women
Women in the work force
Asset ownership by women
Women as Entrepreneurs
12. Pursue Gender Mainstreaming in the Government
through coordination with Gender Budget cells
Widening scope of National Statistical System
Widening scope from public expenditure to
Revenues, Fiscal and Monetary Policies
Pursue gender budgeting by States with help of
planning Commission and MOF
Capacity Building- Coordinate with training
institutes and experts to standardize methodology
and tools
