Federalism and its interaction with gender has been an important area of discussion for federal studies. The main idea is to understand whether federalism as a field of study, as a system of institutions and processes and as an idea is able to address the question of gender equality. This paper tries to draw an understanding of this interaction while analysing the role of gender budgeting in federations. Feminists and their interaction with the various levels of political systems has been important in identifying the issues of gender and politics. Gender Budgeting is one of these arrangements to address issues around gender equality within federal and nonfederal systems. However, the experiences of federations in this direction itself remains noteworthy which has been brought in this work. The example of gender budgeting in India has been discussed along with examples of few other federations.