In the works for a while, the state has finally got a 'gender budget cell' which will monitor implementation of welfare schemes for women and kids and also ensure benefits of gender-neutral schemes reach women in equal measure.
Sudhir Mungantiwar, minister for finance and planning, on 20 Nov announced setting up of the cell. He said the cell would work toward better coordination and implementation of various schemes, especially of the Women and Child Development and education departments.
He also instructed all departments to form inter-departmental panels to assess schemes and look into budgetary allocation as well as implementation so that there were no gender inequalities.
There was some confusion over who would be responsible for the gender budget cell with both the planning and finance departments passing the buck to each other. But it has finally been decided that the finance department will bear the onus in line with the policy followed by other states, said an official.
The new cell will not only coordinate between departments and ensure effective impleme-ntation of schemes, but also evaluate schemes and work toward improving their outcome.
Pankaja Munde, minister for women and child development, who was present at the meeting at Sahyadri guest house, said not only should result-monitoring be done, but actual spending of allocation on various schemes should also be taken into account with focus on the concept of 'innovative spending'.
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