Union Budget 2022-23, presented amidst the third wave of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, had many expectaons to fulfil.

Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) can be a powerful strategy for empowering women and achieving gender equality, by addressing gender concerns along the policy cycle of

Gender Responsive Budgeting practices have been in force in India for over fifteen years.

The paper analyses gender budgeting as a fiscal innovation to translate the public policies into 'beyond GDP’ commitments incorporating a