Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Why in news?

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development said that 422 out of the 640 districts covered under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Andolan’ have shown an improvement in sex ratio at birth in 2019-20 when compared to 2014-15 levels.
• The Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) metric has improved by 16 points from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019-20).
• In the education sector, the gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools at the secondary level has improved from 77.45 per cent to 81.32 per cent between 2014-15 to 2018-19.

Objective:

• Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination
• Ensuring survival & protection of the girl child
• Ensuring education and participation of the girl child

Scope:

• BBBP aims to address the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and enabling Girl Child education.
• It aims to achieve the above through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets & creating awareness about the criticality of the issue.
• All 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country have been covered under it.

Ministries involved:

• It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Key activities under the scheme:

• The key elements of the scheme include nation-wide awareness and advocacy campaign and multi- sectoral action.
• Multi-sectoral action includes:
  • Effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act
  • Pre-Natal/Post Natal care of mother
  • Improve enrolment of girls in schools.
• Community engagement/training/awareness generation etc.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following ministries are involved in implementing the Beti padhao Beti Bachao scheme?
1.Ministry of Women and Child Development
2.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 
3.Ministry of Human Resource Development
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a)1 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1,2 and 3

Answer to Prelims Question