Dhaka, June 30 -- The government has reaffirmed its commitment to gender equality through sustained investment in gender-responsive budgeting, with a total gender-relevant allocation of Tk 260,766.6 ...

India's progress in gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is commendable on paper. The share of the gender budget in total expenditure has risen from 4.5% in 2014 to 6.8% in 2024. The allocation of ₹3.27 ...

1.Twenty years on, India’s Gender Budget has helped mainstream gender tracking in public spending, yet there is a long way to go for ensuring increased women’s labour force participation. Experts flag ...

As India prepares for Budget 2026-27, it must confront a fundamental, yet persistently ignored, constraint on growth: women’s time poverty. Women contribute only about 18% to India’s GDP, not because ...

Women contribute only around 18% to India’s GDP, not because they work less, but because much of their labour remains unpaid and invisible. Gender budget rose 37.5% in 2025-26, now 8.9% of total Union ...

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament on February 1. For 2026-27, non-debt receipts are projected at ₹36.5 lakh crore and total expenditure at ₹53.5 ...