The correct answer is financial provision of more gender equal society. Explanation & Key Takeaways: Gender Budgeting (GB) • Gender budgeting is a strategy to achieve equality between women and men by focusing on how public resources are collected and spent. • It is concerned with the gender-sensitive formulation of legislation, programmes and schemes; allocation of resources; implementation and execution to address gender disparities. • A powerful tool for achieving gender mainstreaming so as to ensure that benefits of development reach women as much as men. • GB does not seek to create a separate budget but seeks affirmative action to address the specific needs of women. Related Concepts: • Gender budgeting started in India in 2001. It was furthered by Union Budget 2006–07 which proposed an outlay of Rs. 28,737 crores dedicated to the cause of women. • The Union Budget 2006-07 also created gender budgeting cells in 32 ministries and departments. • Gender budgeting in India follows the following measures- • Specifically targeted expenditure to women and girls; • Pro-women allocations • Residual public expenditures that have gender–differential impacts.