Ministry of Women and Child Development adopted the Mission statement

Ministry of Women and Child Development adopted the Mission statement of ‘Budgeting for Gender Equality’ in 2004-05. In this context which of the following statement/statements is/are correct ?

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1. It calls for incorporating a gender perspective at all levels and stages of the budgetary process.
2. It stands for providing safe shelter to displaced women.

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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UPSC CAPF – 2009

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Statement 1 correctly describes a core principle of Gender Budgeting, which aims to analyze and influence the budget’s impact on women and men by incorporating a gender perspective throughout the budgetary cycle. Statement 2 describes a specific welfare measure, providing safe shelter, which *could* be funded through budget allocations, but it is not the definition or mission of gender budgeting itself, which is a process and analytical tool.

Gender budgeting is a tool for achieving gender equality by ensuring that public resources are allocated and spent in a way that addresses the needs and priorities of both women and men equitably.

Gender budgeting is not a separate budget but rather a lens through which the overall government budget is viewed to identify its gender impacts and make necessary adjustments. It involves gender-sensitive analysis of programs, policies, and expenditures. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal ministry for gender budgeting in India.

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