Ministry of Women and Child Development provides capacity building and technical support to central Ministries/ Departments/ States/ UTs to advance their gender budgeting processes

India, Aug. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Charter of Gender Budget Cells was issued by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. It lays down guidelines for constitution, composition and functioning of Gender Budget Cells (GBC) in all Ministries/Departments. Gender Budget Cells in Ministries/Departments are set up with the objective of influencing and effecting a change in the policies, programmes in a way that could tackle gender imbalances, promote gender equality and development; and ensure that public resources through Ministry's budget are allocated and managed accordingly.

Gender Budget Cell is envisaged to function as focal unit for coordinating Gender Budgeting initiatives in a Ministry/Departmen...