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January 22, 2025 at 04:37 PM
A Decade of Success: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao📒🖊️
🔸#betibachaobetipadhao (BBBP) scheme, launched by Prime Minister @narendramodi on 22nd January, 2015, in Panipat, Haryana has completed a decade of implementation
🔸This flagship initiative by the Government of India aims to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), prevent gender-biased sex-selective elimination and promote the survival, protection, and education of the girl child
Key Objectives
🔸Prevent gender-biased sex-selective elimination
🔸Ensure survival, protection, and education for girl child
🔸Improve Sex Ratio at Birth annually by 2 points
🔸Reduce school dropout rates among girls and promote menstrual hygiene awareness
Key Achievements
🔸Sex Ratio at Birth improved from 918 in 2014-15 to 930 in 2023-24
🔸Gross Enrollment Ratio for girls in secondary education increased from 75.51% in 2014-15 to 78% in 2023-24
🔸Institutional deliveries rose from 61% to 97.3%
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