COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

Broad framework of activities
6.14 The challenge of Gender Budgeting lies in
translating stated policy commitments in to budgetary
Constitutional Provisions
Box - 2 :
Policy Commitments for Women
allocations and outcomes. The commitments towards
women are reflected in our Constitution, Policies and Plan
documents (Box 2 and Box 3). Gender Budgeting lends
itself to realizing the goals outlined therein.
The commitment to gender equity is well entrenched at the highest policy making level- the Constitution of
India. A few important provisions for women are:
• Article 14 – Equal Rights and Opportunities in Political Economic and Social Spheres
• Article 15 – Prohibits discrimination on grounds of sex
• Article 15(3) – Enables affirmative discrimination in favour of women
• Article 39 – Equal means of livelihood and equal pay for equal work
• Article 42 – Just and Humane conditions of work and maternity relief
• Article 51(A)(e) – Fundamental Duty to renounce practices, derogatory to dignity of women
The National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 envisaged introduction of a gender perspective in
the budgeting process as a operational strategy.
These provisions are effected and supplemented by the legal framework. A few laws and legislations are:
Women specific Legislations
• Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, •The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961,•The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
• Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986,•The Commission of Sati (Prevention)Act, 1987,;
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Economic
Factories Act, 1948, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, The Employees’ State Insurance
Act, 1948, The Plantation Labour Act, 1951, The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
Protection
Relevant provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Special provisions under IPC, The Legal Practitioners
(Women) Act, 1923, The Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse ) Act, 1994.
Social
Family Courts Act, 1984, The Indian Succession Act, 1925, The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971,
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (&
amended in 2005),The Indian Divorce Act, 1969
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