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Climate budgeting: Unlocking the potential of India's fiscal policies for climate action
Apr 26, 2023

Climate budgeting: Unlocking the potential of India's fiscal policies for climate action

The significant gap in fiscally integrating climate change concerns within national spending needs to be addressed

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in India, Bangladesh and Rwanda: A Comparison
Jul 22, 2020

Gender-Responsive Budgeting in India, Bangladesh and Rwanda: A Comparison

Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is a targeted fiscal instrument that several developing countries have cemented into their growth plans. GRB is used to ensure that policy prescriptions to alleviate gender inequality translate into outputs by linking them to budgetary allocations. Although the concept was introduced in India, Bangladesh and Rwanda at around the same time (the early 2000s), the three countries have followed different routes and a

Gender-Responsive Budgeting: A task ahead for India’s 15th finance commission
Aug 10, 2018

Gender-Responsive Budgeting: A task ahead for India’s 15th finance commission

Gender equality is a fundamental human right. This principle is also found in the SDG 2030 Agenda where its signatories, including India, reaffirmed their commitment to mainstreaming gender development and ensuring equal representation of women in political and economic decision-making. This paper outlines gender-budgeting norms for resource allocations as an essential prerequisite for India to achieve progress towards the SDG-5 on gender equalit

Pakistan: Budgeting for a bankrupt economy, broken polity
Jun 08, 2023

Pakistan: Budgeting for a bankrupt economy, broken polity

The budget will be passed under what are probably the most difficult and trying circumstances in Pakistan's history

Lessons from Namibia: Does India’s gender budget need an overhaul?
Jun 14, 2022

Lessons from Namibia: Does India’s gender budget need an overhaul?

The government needs to adopt a more nuanced gender-responsive budgeting to deal with gender inequality in India.

Mainstreaming gender in urban mobility: Towards inclusive and accessible city transit systems
Jun 12, 2023

Mainstreaming gender in urban mobility: Towards inclusive and accessible city transit systems

Inclusive, thoughtful, and collective approaches can bolster secure, affordable, accessible and sustainable city transport systems for all

ORF takes on the budget
Feb 02, 2019

ORF takes on the budget

How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?

ORF takes on the budget
Feb 02, 2019

ORF takes on the budget

How does the interim budget impact some of the most critical facets of the Indian economy?

Placing women at the centre of building resilient and inclusive cities
Jan 29, 2021

Placing women at the centre of building resilient and inclusive cities

Marginalised sections of the urban population, particularly women, are disproportionately affected by environmental degradation and extreme climate ch

The Modi budgets: High achievements sans institutionalised change
Jan 28, 2022

The Modi budgets: High achievements sans institutionalised change

The Modi government’s fragmented approach has remained at the canopy and has not been able to achieve foundational improvements in budgeting at the

पाकिस्तान: दिवाळखोर अर्थव्यवस्थेकरता अर्थसंकल्प, मोडकळीस आलेले राजकारण
Jun 13, 2023

पाकिस्तान: दिवाळखोर अर्थव्यवस्थेकरता अर्थसंकल्प, मोडकळीस आलेले राजकारण

पाकिस्तानच्या इतिहासातील कदाचित सर्वात कठीण आणि खडतर परिस्थितीत मंजूर झालेला हा अर्थसंकल्प असेल.

महिलांसाठी शहरे कशी हवीत?
Dec 28, 2020

महिलांसाठी शहरे कशी हवीत?

२०२१ मध्ये प्रवेश करताना लिंगभाव केंद्रस्थानी ठेवून पायाभूत सेवासुविधांची, मोकळ्या जागांची आणखी होणे गरजेचे आहे. सर्वसमावेशक आराखड्यातच त्याचा समावेश हवा.

हवामान अर्थसंकल्प: राष्ट्रीय खर्चात वाढ करणे अपेक्षित
May 03, 2023

हवामान अर्थसंकल्प: राष्ट्रीय खर्चात वाढ करणे अपेक्षित

राष्ट्रीय खर्चामध्ये हवामान बदलाच्या चिंतेला आर्थिकदृष्ट्या लक्ष देणे आवश्यक असून खर्चात देखील वाढ करणे अपेक्षित आहे. 

‘जेंडर बजेट’ अद्यापही कागदावरच!
Feb 29, 2020

‘जेंडर बजेट’ अद्यापही कागदावरच!

जगात सर्वाधिक बालविवाहाचे प्रमाण हे भारतात आहे. तसेच २७ टक्के मुलींचे १८ व्या वर्षी लग्न लावून दिले जाते. त्यामुळे आपल्याकडे ‘जेंडर बजेट’ महत्त्वाचे आहे.