The total population of India as per Census of India 2011 is 1,21,05,69,573, out of which males are 62,31,21,843(51.47%) and females are 58,74,47,730 (48.53%). The Government of India has adopted Gender Budgeting as a tool for gender mainstreaming at all levels and stages of budgetary process.
The percentage of Gender Budget to total budget as reported in Gender Budget Statement (Statement 20), Expenditure Budget. Vol. I, for the past five years is as follows.
Year
|
No. of Ministries/ Departments (No. of Demands)
|
Magnitude of Gender Budget (BE) as part of Total Budget (in `crore)
|
2008-09
|
27 (33)
|
27,661.67 (3.68%)
|
2009-10
|
28 (33)
|
56,857.61 (5.57%)
|
2010 -11
|
28 (33)
|
67,749.80 (6.11%)
|
2011-12
|
29 (34)
|
78,251.02 (6.22%)
|
2012-13
|
29 (34)
|
88,142.80 (5.91%)
|
Gender Budget Statement reflects the schemes and programmes of only those Ministries/Departments reporting under the GB Statement. The GB Statement prepared by the Ministry of Finance reflects 30% and above allocations made for women by different Ministries/Departments. Schemes and programmes having less than 30% allocation which benefit women across sectors are not reflected in the Gender Budget Statement. There are also other schemes andprogrammes benefiting women which are not quantifiable and are not reflected in the GB Statement.
This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development, in a written reply to the RajyaSabha today.
Courtesy: Press Information Bureau (pib.nic.in)
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