The Gender Budget Component this year accounted for 6.4 per cent of the total Budget.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the govt will encourage vaccination for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years for the prevention of cervical cancer, the second most prevalent cancer among women in India.

The last four decades of Indian history is marked with rapid economic growth along with a rise in population with increasing rates of urba

Gender mainstreaming means integrating a gender equality perspective at all stages and levels of policies, programmes and projects, so that they benefit both women an

The state of West Bengal has a population of 9.03 crores of which 19.98 percent live below the poverty line.

Since the adoption of Gender Budgeting as a tool in India in 2005-06, both national and state governments have provided support to various stakeholders in strengtheni