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Nation National Girl Child Day

THE SCHEME WHICH RAISED CONSCIOUSNESS

ON GIRL CHILD FOR THEIR WELL BEING

Earlier the daughters were considered inferior to sons. The reason was the mindset that son
would increase the lineage of the house and the daughters would go to the houses of their
in-laws. But on January 22, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started the Beti Bachao Beti
Padhao scheme to end discrimination and give importance to daughters. It not only attracted
the attention of the political leadership regarding the importance of daughters in the society, but
in 8 years, the mindset of society has undergone transformation. On the occasion of National
Girl Child Day on 24th let us understand the impact of positive thinking.
eti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana has practices and initiatives. Parliamentary Standing
awakened the collective consciousness Committee has said in its 5th report that this
Btowards bringing a change in the mindset scheme has been successful in attracting the
of the nation with respect to giving importance attention of the political leadership and creating
to the girl child. Its effect is visible not only on national awareness towards giving importance to
the figures of sex ratio at birth at the national the girl child.
level, but the enrollment of girls in secondary
education has increased to close to 80% and the … so that daughters become skilled
percentage of institutional deliveries has also The Union Government organized an Inter-
reached close to 95%. The sex ratio was 918 in Ministerial Conference on Non-Traditional
the year 2014-15 which has increased to 934 in Livelihoods (NTL) for Adolescent Girls on the
2021-22. The amendment made in the Juvenile occasion of International Day of the Girl Child on
Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 11 October 2022. The conference emphasized the
2015, and a notification on Adoption Regulations, need for girls to build their skills as well as enter
2022 made it easier for orphan girls to join the the workforce involving a variety of occupations,
adoptive family. including science, technology, engineering and
NITI Aayog in the evaluation report of Beti mathematics (STEM), where girls have historically
Bachao Beti Padhao scheme has said that the been under-represented.
scheme has been able to generate significant
mass mobilization to eliminate discrimination '7-Day Portal' for Resident and Non-Resident
and enhance the value of the girl child. It has Indians
also led to the development of many good In order to promote in-country adoptions, a

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