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The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was launched on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It aims to address the issue of the declining child sex ratio image (CSR) and is a national initiative jointly run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development , the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of ...
(Girl Child Prosperity Scheme) — MoWCD: 2015: Girl child: The scheme under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao primarily ensures equitable share to a girl child in resources and savings of a family in which she is generally discriminated as against a male child. [80] PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PM Skill Development Scheme) CS MoSD&E: 2015: Skill Development
The scheme was applicable since its inception in 2004, in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) where the rural female literacy is below the national average (46.13%: Census 2001) and the gender gap in literacy is more than the national average (21.59%: Census 2001). Among these blocks, schools may be set up in areas with:
Because I Am a Girl is an international movement by the aid organization Plan. The campaign is made to address the issue of gender discrimination around the world. [ 1 ] The goal of the campaign is to promote the rights of girls and bring millions of girls out of poverty around the world. [ 2 ]
However, World Bank has also highlighted certain key shortcomings of the programme including inability to target the girl child improvements, participation of wealthier and middle-class children more than low-income children and lowest level of funding for the poorest and the most undernourished states of India.
The new education law guaranteed education rights until middle school. Before the 1960s, female enrollment in elementary school was 20%. 20 years after publishing this education law, in the year 1995, this percentage had increased to 98.2%. By 2003, the proportion of female who dropped from middle school decreased to 2.5%. [101]
Bangaru Thalli (lit. ' Golden Mother ') is a welfare scheme aimed at supporting girl children, launched by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India.This initiative seeks to provide financial assistance to families, starting from the birth of a girl until her graduation, with a specific focus on economically disadvantaged households.
The annual scholarship is for unmarried girls aged 13–18 years enrolled in class VIII-XII in government recognized regular or equivalent open school or vocational / technical training courses. Recently the bar of income was withdrawn by the government of West Bengal; now every girl can apply for that scheme.