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Flagship Scheme Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao
GIRLS BECOMING FACE OF INDIA'S
DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY
The plummeting Female to Male ratio remained a
grave concern despite several promises made to
improve it. The census in the period 1961 to 2011
also painted an equally grim situation. Female
foeticide was very rampant in many states. Under
this situation, the need of the hour was to raise
national consciousness and resolve. The campaign to
empower the girl child received an impetus after the
'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' campaign was launched
from Haryana in 2015. The success of this
national-level campaign can be gauged from the fact
that due to the relentless efforts of the Government,
now for the first time in India the sex ratio tilted in
favor of women. As per the fifth round of the National
Family Health Survey, the sex ratio of the population
(females per 1000 males) for the country was
estimated as 1020.
12 New India Samachar January 16-31, 2022
he Prime Minister is begging you
to save the lives of the girl child
Tand educate her. Treat daughters
as the pride of your family and the
honor of the nation. Son and daughter
are the two wings, without which there
is no possibility of attaining the heights
of life.
Exactly seven years ago, these
words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
while launching the 'Beti Bachao-Beti
Padhao' campaign from the Panipat
district of Haryana marked the dawn
of a new era. For the first time, a top
leader of the country expressed such
views without assessing any political