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BETI BACHAO, BETI

PADHAO SCHEME

Due to Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme,
there has been a substantial rise in sex ratio.
The all-India sex ratio has risen from 918
girls in 2014-15 to 934 per 1,000 boys till
2019-20. Prime Minister NarendraModi with
his #SelfieWithDaughter and #BharatKiLaxmi
campaigns has changed the decades-old
perceptions of the society Out of
95.06 19.72 Lakh daughters were given 405

under
Beti
Padhao
incentive
campaign. Over 1.5 Crore
per cent daughters belonging to the minority multi-sectoral
functional toilets communities were given scholarship districts,
in 2018-19 as to the tune of Rs 2,315 Crore 282

compared to After the launch of Beti Bachao, Beti
92.10 in 2014-15 Padhao Scheme, enrolment of girls districts showed
increased at every level of education
This has reduced improvement in SRB

the dropout rate. Self-defence training is being from
provided to daughters in every
Source: Ministry of Government school 2014-15 to 2019-20
Education
Projects worth Rs 5,600 Crore were For financial inclusion of daughters,
approved by the Government under Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme was
the Nirbhaya Fund. Rs 100 Crore were started. Under this scheme, Rs 47,694
allocated for setting up and strengthening Crore have been deposited in the 1.56
Women Help Desks in police stations Crore bank accounts so far

witnesses. Initiatives such as universal women 700 Centres more than 3.00 Lakh women have
helpline number 181 to help women affected by been assisted.
violence or launching She-Box facility in both Utilising the Nirbhaya Fund, 1,023 fast track
Government and private workplaces have been courts have been set up and Rs 100 Crore have
undertaken. been allocated for setting up and strengthening
One Stop Centres (OSC) for grievance redressal Women Help Desks in police stations, and with
have been made for victims of domestic violence. an allocation of Rs 16.23 Crore HIMMAT mobile
Up to December 2020, 733 Centres in 730 App was set up to act as link between women
districts have been approved. Out of these , at and the police.
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