BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO (BBBP) SCHEME…!
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1. Objective(Aim): a nationwide scheme aimed to address the dipping child sex ratio and empower girl child in the country.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch the programme from Panipat in Haryana on January 22.
3. The prime objective of this programme was to bring a change in people mindset towards girl child on or after her birth. Preventing determination of sex, female foeticide, ensuring safety of girls, their best possible care and providing quality education are integral part of this programme.
4. It is a national level media and multi-sectoral campaigns in which 100 districts in the country will be covered.
5. The scheme started with Rs.100 crore initial corpus funds.
6. The funding for all these activities will be done by Nirbhaya fund.
“”We need to understand solution lies just beside the problem, smile is in the mile. Let us help India walk that extra MILE’s with a smile in the eyes of a girl child.””