AI generated image India’s gender budget reached 9.37 percent of total Union Budget expenditure in FY26 (2026-27), marking a significant increase from 8.86 percent in FY25 (2025-26) and 6.8 percent in FY24 (2024-25). This represents the largest-ever allocation for promoting gender equality. Yet gender disparities in employment, nutrition and mobility persist despite this historic commitment. Why? Because our gender budgeting framework does not measure what matters. It is acco