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Presentation by Anjali Goyal Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India November 2005
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
The Challenge
How do we translate all these commitments into budgetary commitments and administrative action ? How do we engender policies and programmes ?
Seventh Plan
1985- Ministry of Human Resource Development set up Department for Women and Child Development constituted in HRD Ministry 27 major women specific schemes identified for monitoring to assess quantum of funds/benefits flowing to women
Eighth Plan
The Eighth Plan (1992-97) for the first time highlighted the need to ensure a definite flow of funds from general developmental sectors to women It commented: special programmes on women should complement the general development programmes. The latter in turn should reflect greater gender sensitivity
Ninth Plan
Womens Component Plan- 30% of funds were sought to be ear-marked in all women related sectors inter-sectoral review and multi-sector approach Special vigil to be kept on the flow of the earmarked funds/benefits Quantifies performance under Womens Component Plan in Ninth Plan-Approach Paper Tenth Plan indicates 42.9% of gross budgetary support in 15 women related Ministries/Departments has gone to women
Tenth Plan
Reinforces commitment to gender budgeting to establish its gender-differential impact and to translate gender commitments into budgetary commitments. Aims at initiating immediate action in tying up the two effective concepts of Women Component Plan (WCP) and Gender Budgeting to play a complementary role to each other, and thus ensure both preventive and post-facto action in enabling women to receive their rightful share from all the women-related general development sectors.
Indian Experience
Womens 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 programmesimplementation and impact analysis
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Action Areas
Women availing services of public utilities like road transport, power, water and sanitation, telecommunication etc. Training of women as highly skilled workerstop end skills Research/Technology for women Women in the work force Asset ownership by women Women as Entrepreneurs
YEAR 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 (RE) 2002-03 (BE)
CENTRE AMOUNT %
440.32 643.48 558.22 811.40 893.60 1178.17 1382.04 1550.80 1838.64 1507.59 41 48 37 44 43 47 50 48 48 41
STATES AMOUNT %
643.25 700.17 960.88 1050.35 1169.21 1348.47 1398.29 1709.84 2031.73 2211.57 59 52 63 56 57 53 50 52 52 59
TOTAL AMOUNT
1083.57 1343.65 1519.09 1861.75 2062.81 2526.64 2780.33 3260.63 3870.37 3719.16
Preliminary Findings
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
Path Ahead
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
To Conclude
It is more important to create a general awareness and understanding of the problems of womens 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 )
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