Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
About
- The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) (‘Save the girl child, educate the girl child’) scheme was launched in 2015 to help address Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum.
Did you know?
- The scheme was launched after the Census 2011 revealed a steady decline in Child Sex Ratio (number of girls per 1,000 boys aged 0-6 years), from 976 in 1961 to 918 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011. The scheme has contributed to an improvement in the Child Sex Ratio, which reached 930 in 2023-24.
- It is a tri-ministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Education.
- Objectives of the scheme:
- Improve the child sex ratio;
- Ensure gender equality and women empowerment;
- Prevent gender-biased, sex-selective elimination;
- Ensure survival and protection of the girl child;
- Encourage education and participation of the girl child.
- The BBBP scheme is now integrated with Mission Shakti, a comprehensive program for women’s safety and empowerment.
Mission Shakti:
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing the Umbrella Mission named as ‘Mission Shakti’ from 2024.
- It is an integrated women empowerment programme aimed at strengthening interventions for women safety, security and empowerment.
- Mission Shakti consists of two broader sub-schemes:
1. Sambal: Safety and Security:
- Mission Shakti’s Sambal sub-scheme ensures women’s safety through One Stop Centres (provide integrated services like legal counselling, psycho-social counselling and support), Women Helpline (181), and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP).
- It also introduces Nari Adalat, providing an alternate grievance redressal mechanism for resolving minor issues like harassment and rights violations.
2. Samarthya: Empowerment:
- The Samarthya sub-scheme empowers women through Shakti Sadans (relief and rehabilitation homes), Sakhi Niwas (providing safe and secure place for stay for working women in the cities), and Palna-Creche (providing safe and secure place for children of working women).
- It also includes Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and SANKALP: Hub for Empowerment of Women (HEW).
- PMMVY supports pregnant & lactating women, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds by providing maternal benefits of ₹5,000 for first child. PMMVY now supports a second child if it’s a girl.
- SANKALP: HEW works as a nodal agency at the state and district level to disseminate information regarding various schemes and policies through awareness campaigns at grassroots level.