Lok Sabha Question No. 4241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2016

## 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao'

## 4241. PROF. A.S.R. NAIK:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether any schemes/programmes have been launched/proposed to be launched under the 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' initiative of the Government;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  salient  features  and  funds  allocated  and  utilisd thereunder, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) to (c): The  Beti  Bachao  Beti  Padhao  Scheme  (BBBP),  which  was  launched  on  22 nd January,  2015,  addresses  the  declining  Child  Sex  Ratio  (CSR)  and  related  issues  of  women empowerment over a life-cycle continuum. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is the nodal Ministry for its implementation and the scheme is a joint effort of the Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development. It  is  implemented through a mass campaign across the country with focused interventions and multi sectoral action in 161 selected districts that are low on Child Sex Ratio (CSR).

As  informed  by  the  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development,  the  funds  released State/UT wise for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 are given in the Annexure.

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) initiative has two major components (i) National level Media campaign and (ii) Multi-sectoral action in 161 selected districts with adverse CSR. The scheme is being implemented through State Governments who may establish engagement with local NGOs, Community Based Organisations, Civil Society Groups, Women's Organizations working on the issue of Gender, Child Sex Ratio and Education.

As per the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' Scheme, Rs. 5 lakh per district has been made available for strengthening girls' education in 161 specified districts on the basis of Child Sex Ratio, for instituting district level awards to be given to 5 schools in each district every year on the following parameters:-

- a) Rs. 1 lakh award may be given to the School Management Committee (SMC) which enrols 100% girls in the neighbourhood of the primary school and also retains them in the first year.
- b) Another Rs. 1 lakh can be given as an award to the SMC of a primary school which causes the transition of 100% girls studying in class V into class VI of same/other neighbourhood upper primary schools.
- c) Two awards  each  of  Rs.  1  lakh  may  be  given  to  SMCs  of  upper  primary  schools which affect a 100% transition of girls studying in class VIII to class IX in same/other neighbourhood secondary schools.
- d) Rs. 1 lakh award can be given to the SMC of the school which affect 100% transition of  girls  studying  in  class  X  to  class  I  in  same/neighbourhood  higher  secondary schools.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2016 ASKED BY PROF. A.S.R. NAIK REGARDING BETI BACHAO-BETI PADHAO

Status of fund released to States during the FY 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Rs. in lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | State               | Amount released (2014-15)   |   Amount released (2015-16) |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar    | -                           |                       38.56 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh      | 36.34                       |                        8.46 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh   | -                           |                       43.42 |
|         4 | Assam               | 36.34                       |                        8.46 |
|         5 | Bihar               | 36.34                       |                        8.46 |
|         6 | Chandigarh          | -                           |                       32.51 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh        | -                           |                       44.8  |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | -                           |                       38.56 |
|         9 | Daman &Diu          | 13.81                       |                       20.95 |
|        10 | Delhi               | -                           |                      231.28 |
|        11 | Goa                 | -                           |                       44.78 |
|        12 | Gujarat             | -                           |                      318.06 |
|        13 | Haryana             | 223                         |                      434.92 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh    | 36.34                       |                       49.55 |
|        15 | Jammu &Kashmir      | 28.95                       |                      366.54 |
|        16 | Jharkhand           | -                           |                       39.83 |
|        17 | Karnataka           | -                           |                       41.49 |
|        18 | Kerala              | -                           |                       44.8  |
|        19 | Madhya Pradesh      | 101.35                      |                      109.15 |
|        20 | Maharashtra         | 158.73                      |                      370.89 |
|        21 | Manipur             | 18.14                       |                        8.73 |
|        22 | Meghalaya           | -                           |                       43.25 |
|        23 | Mizoram             | -                           |                       44.8  |
|        24 | Nagaland            | 36.34                       |                        8.46 |
|        25 | Odisha              | 18.14                       |                       26.66 |
|        26 | Puducherry          | -                           |                       18.15 |
|        27 | Punjab              | 250.97                      |                      385.27 |
|        28 | Rajasthan           | 115.43                      |                      357.48 |
|        29 | Sikkim              | -                           |                       44.8  |
|        30 | Tamil Nadu          | 18.14                       |                       23.04 |
|        31 | Telangana           | -                           |                       44.8  |
|        32 | Tripura             | -                           |                       44.8  |
|        33 | Uttar Pradesh       | 187.98                      |                      429.74 |
|        34 | Uttarakhand         | 21.15                       |                      133.51 |