Gender Responsive Budgeting and Empowerment of Women an Inter State Analysis.

Global economy has achieved economic development and social development but women continues to remain a marginalized section and lag behind men on many social indicators like health, education, economic opportunities, etc. . Hence, they want special attention due to their vulnerability and lack of access to resources. The greatest effort in this context is that of the introduction of Gender Budgeting as a means of linking the social, economic and political policy framework. Gender Budgeting is a powerful tool for achieving gender mainstreaming so as to ensure that the benefits of development reach women as much as men. The present paper analyses the impact of gender responsive budgeting on women empowerment and also compare the extent of women empowerment in state with gender responsive budgeting and non -gender responsive budgeting states.