Question

Q. Which among the following explains the term Gender Budgeting?

• A. Allocation of funds, resources and responsibilities based on gender.
• B. Enactment of a separate budget by the Finance Ministry, solely for the progress of women in the society.
• C. A budget proposal/policy prepared by the female/women legislators.
• D. Resource allocation in large private corporations for the welfare of women employees under Companies Act, 2013.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Allocation of funds, resources and responsibilities based on gender.

Explanation:

Gender Budgeting is a powerful tool for achieving gender mainstreaming to ensure that benefits of development reach women as much as men. It is not an accounting exercise but an ongoing process of keeping a gender perspective in policy/ programme formulation, its implementation and review. GB entails dissection of the Government budgets to establish its gender differential impacts and to ensure that gender commitments are translated into budgetary commitments.