Government of India has introduced the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme for survival, protection & education of girl child. It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets and creating awareness about the criticality of the issue. It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development.  The Sectoral interventions under the programme include the following:

i)          Ministry of Women and Child Development: Funds are provided to districts and States for Training and Capacity-building-Orientation and Sensitization, for various Innovation and Awareness generation activities. 

ii)      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare: Monitoring for effective implementation of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act, 1994 includes strengthening PNDT Cells and setting up monitoring committees; Increase institutional deliveries; Promoting registration of births.

iii) Ministry of Human Resource Development:  Ensure universal enrolment of girls; achieve decreased drop-out rate; Implement girl child friendly standards in schools; strict implementation of Right to Education (RTE); construction of functional toilets for girls.

Under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme, an amount of Rs. 25.00 crore has been allocated for the media campaign for the Financial Year 2015-16.

SukanyaSamridhiYojana comes under the purview of Department of Economic Affairs,Ministry of Finance. The number of SukanyaSamridhi Accounts opened State/Union Territory-wise, is as follows:-

This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

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