Decoding India's First COVID-19 Gender Budget
Last year, in response to the pandemic, India allocated 6% of its Union Budget outlay to schemes benefitting women; in Union Budget 2021-22, the...
Mitali Nikore is a New Delhi-based economist and the founder of Nikore Associates, a youth-led policy design and economics research think tank. She is a consultant with UN Women, Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, focusing on infrastructure, industrial corridors, MSMEs and gender in South Asia and Africa.
Last year, in response to the pandemic, India allocated 6% of its Union Budget outlay to schemes benefitting women; in Union Budget 2021-22, the...