Presentation by: GUNJA AGARWAL

ADVIKA TREHAN

MEGHA AGARWAL

AAKASH AHLAWAT

ARUN CHAUHAN

“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 )

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

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

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

How do we translate all these commitments into budgetary commitment and administrative action ?

How do we engender policies and programmes ?

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

Capacity Building- Departments in GOI and State Governments

Mainstreaming Gender Concerns- Watchdog approach Interest Subsidy

Kerosene Oil

Micro Credit

Health Insurance

Inflation

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

Health

& Nut.

Education

Water & San.

Skills

Technology Credit

Political

Participation

Marketing

Asset base

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

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