Has Budget 2023-24 been successful in balancing gender priorities?
Ahead of International Women's Day 2023, Tanya Rana and Neeha Susan Jacob categorise and analyse scheme allocations through the Union Budget's Gender Budget Statement (GBS), by looking at what schemes various ministries and departments prioritise under the two parts of the GBS. They discuss issues of arbitrary classification, inclusion of schemes that are not entirely women-centric, and allocations that are inadequate to meet scheme objectives. They emphasise the need for monitoring and unambiguous scheme classifications to achieve financial priorities for women's empowerment.
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