Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme is a personal campaign being initiated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India that aims to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls.

Features of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

• Convergence with partner Ministries for implementation at the grass-roots level

• Awareness Campaign and Sensitization of the public through 360 degree media campaign approach across the country 

• Capacity building of key stakeholders like the judiciary, police, frontline workers, medical practitioners, etc 

• Rewarding informers to prevent sex selective elimination before birth 

• Ensuring enrolment, retention and transition of girls in school education 

• Monitoring Sex Ratio at Birth by displaying Guddi-Gudda Boards 

• Awarding schools that promote girls' education 

• Promoting adolescent rights in areas like health, nutrition, menstrual education, violence and child abuse 

• Encouraging the celebration of the birth of girls 

• Felicitating girls from different fields 

• Rewarding and recognizing good performing Districts, Blocks, Frontline Workers and Local Champions 

• Promoting and declaring 'Child Marriage free villages’ 

• Committed Participation by stakeholders drawn from full spectrum of the society 

• 100% funding from the Ministry of Women and Child Development (Government of India) to the Districts 

Objectives of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

• Prevention of gender-biased sex selective elimination

• Ensuring survival & protection of the girl child

• Ensuring education and participation of the girl child

Target groups of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

• Primary: Young and newly married couples; Pregnant and Lactating mothers; parents

• Secondary: Youth, adolescents (girls and boys), in-laws, medical doctors/ practitioners, private hospitals, nursing homes and diagnostic centres

• Tertiary: Officials, PRIs; frontline workers, women SHGs/Collectives, religious leaders, voluntary organizations, media, medical associations, industry associations, the general public as a whole.

Strategies of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

• Implement a sustained Social Mobilization and Communication Campaign to create equal value for the girl child & promote her education.

• Place the issue of decline in CSR/SRB in public discourse, improvement of which would be an indicator for good governance.

• Focus on Gender Critical Districts and Cities low on CSR for intensive & integrated action.

• Adopt Innovative Interventions/Actions by the districts as per their local needs, context and sensibilities.

• Mobilize & Train Panchayati Raj Institutions/Urban local bodies/ Grassroot workers as catalysts for social change, in partnership with local community/women’s/youth groups.

• Engage with Communities to challenge gender stereotypes and social norms.

• Ensure service delivery structures/schemes & programs are sufficiently responsive to issues of gender and children’s rights.

• Enable Inter-sectoral and inter-institutional convergence at District/Block/Grassroot levels.

Components of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme

Advocacy and Media Campaign on Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao

Under the Scheme, a nationwide campaign was launched for celebrating Girl Child and enabling her education. The campaign aims at ensuring that girls are born, nurtured, and educated without discrimination to become empowered citizens of this country with equal rights. A 360° media approach is being adopted to create awareness and disseminating information about the issue across the nation.

Multi-Sectoral intervention in selected Gender Critical Districts worse on CSR

Under the Scheme, the multi-sectoral action in selected 405 districts (including existing 161 districts) covering all States/UTs will focus on schematic intervention and sectoral actions in consultation with M/o H&FW & M/o HRD. Measurable outcomes and indicators will bring together concerned sectors, States and districts for urgent concerted multi-sectoral action to improve the CSR.

Monitorable Targets of BBBP Scheme

• To reduce gender differentials in under 5 child mortality rate from 8 points in 2014 to 4 points by 2017.

• Improve the nutritional status of girls by reducing the number of underweight and anemic girls under 5 years of age (from NHFS data).

• Ensure universalization of ICDS, girls attendance, and equal care monitored, using joint Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), National Health Mission (NHM), Mother-Child Protection Card (MCPC).

• Increase the girl enrolment in secondary education from 76% in 2013-2014 to 79% by 2017.

• Provide girls toilet in every school by 2017.

• Promote a protective environment for girl children through the implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,2012(POCSO).

• Seminar on elected representatives/ grass root functionaries as community champions to mobilize communities to improve Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and promote girls to the education Target to improve the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) by at least 10 points.

Benefits of BBBP Scheme

• This scheme is an excellent scheme in the field of girls' safety and education.

• Through this scheme, the feticide of girls in the country can be prevented.

• Under this BBBP Scheme 2021, the government will provide financial assistance to daughters for their education and marriage.

• Discrimination between boys and girls will be reduced.

• Under this scheme, you will be provided with the amount you have deposited and the financial assistance provided by the government.

Eligibility Criteria for BBP Scheme

Following are the eligibility criteria for the application of BBBP Scheme.

• Beneficiaries who want to apply for this scheme should have an SSA account (Sukanya Samriddhi Account) in any bank in the name of girl child

• Applicant must be an Indian Citizen

• Girl child whose age below 10 years can only apply for this Yojana.

Documents Required for BBBP Scheme

• Aadhar Card

• Parent's Identity Card

• Daughter's birth certificate

• Mobile number

• Address proof

• Passport size photo

How to Register for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme?

• Visit Ministry of Women and Child Development 

• From the home page, click on Women Empowerment Scheme

• Choose the option Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana 

• Fill the details like name, fathers name, etc carefully

• Click the Submit button to complete the registration

How to Apply for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme?

• Applicants have to visit the nearest post office and collect the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme Application Form

• Fill the application form details and attach all mandatory documents carefully

• Submit this form to the concerned bank officer.

References

While crafting this guide, we have consulted reliable and authoritative sources, including official government directives, user manuals, and pertinent content sourced from government websites.

Scheme Brochure

Guidelines

Beti Padhao Beti Bachao