Q97. Recently the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme. With reference to the scheme, consider the following statements.
1. It aims to cover all the 640 districts (according to census 2011) of the country.
2. Currently the scheme is being implemented as a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Rural Development.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
Q97. Recently the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme. With reference to the scheme, consider the following statements.
1. It aims to cover all the 640 districts (according to census 2011) of the country.
2. Currently the scheme is being implemented as a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Rural Development.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
The correct option is A (a) Only 1
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao for a Pan India reach covering all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the Country to have a deeper positive impact on Child Sex Ratio. Expansion under BBBP has been approved based on the successful implementation in 161 districts.
The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on 22nd January, 2015 at Panipat, Haryana as a comprehensive programme to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of women over a life-cycle continuum. The CSR, defined as number of girls per 1000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years, declined sharply from 976 in 1961 to 918 in Census 2011. However there was no systematic response or comprehensive advocacy strategy to arrest and curb this disturbing trend. The Government recognized the challenge of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), as a telling indicator of gender discrimination towards girl child, requiring immediate attention and action and launched BBBP scheme in 2015.
Currently the scheme is being implemented as a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Human Resource Development with focus on awareness and advocacy campaign, multi-sectoral action in select 161 districts, enabling girls' education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC and PNDT) Act.
(a) Only 1
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao for a Pan India reach covering all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the Country to have a deeper positive impact on Child Sex Ratio. Expansion under BBBP has been approved based on the successful implementation in 161 districts.
The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on 22nd January, 2015 at Panipat, Haryana as a comprehensive programme to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of women over a life-cycle continuum. The CSR, defined as number of girls per 1000 boys in the age group of 0-6 years, declined sharply from 976 in 1961 to 918 in Census 2011. However there was no systematic response or comprehensive advocacy strategy to arrest and curb this disturbing trend. The Government recognized the challenge of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), as a telling indicator of gender discrimination towards girl child, requiring immediate attention and action and launched BBBP scheme in 2015.
Currently the scheme is being implemented as a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Human Resource Development with focus on awareness and advocacy campaign, multi-sectoral action in select 161 districts, enabling girls' education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC and PNDT) Act.
