Gender Budget 2026–2027: Fiscal Signals and Women’s Empowerment
India’s Gender Budget 2026–27 shows modest growth and improved reporting, but remains largely welfare-focused with limited impact on structural gender inequalities. A lack of outcome-based accountability, weak care economy reforms, and fiscal volatility continue to constrain meaningful progress toward gender equity. Persistent gender discrepancies in political representation, education, health, and labour markets coexist with India’s…