Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub:
The Central government recently launched the Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub, a dedicated digital platform aimed at strengthening gender-responsive planning across India.
Gender Budgeting Knowledge Hub:
- It is a dedicated digital platform designed to promote gender-responsive planning nationwide.
- It was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
- The portal’s primary aim is to empower policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders with a centralised repository of tools ”including policy briefs, best practices, and gender-‘disaggregated data — ”to support the integration of a gender lens into all stages of planning and budgeting, both at the Central and state levels.
- The portal will equip stakeholders with evidence-based tools to better integrate gender perspectives into planning and budgeting.
- Gender budgeting is a tool for gender mainstreaming, applying a gender lens to the entire policy process.
- It involves gender-sensitive formulation, resource allocation, and continuous monitoring to address vulnerabilities faced by women throughout their life cycle.
- India adopted its first gender budget in 2005-06, marking a significant step towards addressing gender disparities in resource allocation.
- Over the past 11 years, gender budget allocations have increased by four and a half times–from Rs. 0.98 lakh crore in 2014-15 to 4.49 lakh crore in 2025-26.
