Lok Sabha Question No. 3679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018

## BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO SCHEME

3679.    SHRI  J.J.T. NATTERJEE: SHRI  PRABHAKAR  REDDY  KOTHA: DR. P. VENUGOPAL: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH  REDDY: SHRI VINOD  KUMAR  SONKAR:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme, districts selected/covered  and  the  Child  Sex  Ratio  (CSR)  thereunder  along  with  the  funds allocated, released and utilised under the scheme during each of the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  not  released  any  funds  to  some  States/UTs,  particularly Telangana under the scheme in spite of repeated requests therefrom, if so,  the  details thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  corrective  measures  taken  by  the Government for release of funds;
- (c) whether the Goverement proposes to further expand the scheme so as to include more/all districts there under and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the impact of the scheme in improving the CSR in the country indicating the assessment study, if any, made in this regard and the outcome thereof;
- (e) the geographical areas in which implementation of the scheme is more challenging along with the additional measures, if any, being taken by the Government in these areas; and
- (f) the further measures taken by the Government to popularise the scheme and address the problem of CSR in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (c): Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Schene (BBBP) was launched by Hon' Prime Minister on  22nd  January,  2015,  addresses  the  declining  Child  Sex  Ratio  (CSR)  and  related issues of women empowerment and aims to change mindsets to value girl child. It is a tri-ministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development. The key elements of the scheme include nation-wide awareness and advocacy campaign and multi- sectoral interventions.  Beti

Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme is currently being implemented in 161 districts across the country.  The  Government  of  India  has  decided  to  expand  the  BBBP  scheme  and covering all the 640 districts (as per census 2011) in the Country, through Multi -sectoral intervention in 244 districts in addition to existing 161 districts and Alert District Media & Advocacy in 235 districts.  A list  of  States/UTs  wise  Child  Sex  Ration  (CSR)  is  at Annexure -I ,  a  list  of  States/UTs wise number of districts selected for multi- sectoral interventions  and  advocacy  &  media  campaign  is  at Annexure-II and  a  list of States/UTs wise funds released under the scheme during last three years and current year is at Annexure-III .

No  such  situation  happened  under  BBBP  Scheme  where  funds  have  not  been released on receipt of complete District Action Plan from States/UTs.

- (d) To improve the Child Sex Ratio and to create an enabling environment for the education of girl child is a long-term challenge. CSR is calculated on Decadal basis by Registrar General  of  India  through  census.  As  per  HMIS  data  of  MoHFW,  out  of  161  selected districts, sex ratio at birth (SRB) has shown improving trend in 104 districts (1 district stable trend) in the period between 2015-16 and 2016-17. There are indications of initial encouraging trends. BBBP is already capturing collective consciousness in the Country. The scheme has been well received and in the last three years, several local innovative interventions have been demonstrated by the districts and States/UTs with support from Departments  of  WCD,  Health  &  Education,  besides  National  Media  and  advocacy campaigns through I&B.
- (e) BBBP scheme is now being implemented in all  640 districts as per census 2011 across the country.  It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets and creating awareness about the criticality of the issue. It is a joint initiative of Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Ministry of Human Resource Development.   The Sectoral interventions  under the  programme include the following:
- i)      Ministry of Women and Child Development: Promote registration of pregnancies in first trimester; Undertake training of stakeholders; Community mobilization & sensitization; Identify and involve Gender Champions; Reward & recognition of institutions and frontline workers.
- ii)      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare: Monitoring for effective implementation of Pre-Conception  and  Pre-Natal  Diagnostic  Techniques  (PCP&DT)  Act,  1994 includes  strengthening  PNDT  Cells  and  setting  up  monitoring  committees; Increase institutional deliveries; Promoting registration of births.
- iii) Ministry of Human Resource Development:  Ensure universal enrolment of girls; achieve  decreased  drop-out  rate;  Implement  girl  child  friendly  standards  in schools;  Strict  implementation  of  Right  to  Education  (RTE);  Construction  of functional toilets for girls.
- (f) Multi-sectoral interventions and Media campaign and advocacy outreach of BBBP are taken up for greater coverage/reach in the country. BBBP is already capturing collective consciousness in the Country. To sensitize the masses and for changing their mindset a Nation-wide 360 degree campaign launched which includes radio spots/jingles in Hindi and regional languages, video spots. SMS campaigns, community engagement through various  media  activities  such  as  mobile  exhibition  vans,  and  field  publicity  Mailers, Hand-outs, Brochures and other IEC material in English, Hindi and regional languages as well. Nukkad Natak are taken up in hindi and regional languages.

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Question  No.  3679  for  16.03.2018  by Shri J.J.T. Natterjee, Shri Prabhakar Reddy Kotha,  Dr. P. Venugopal,  Shri Y.S. Avinash Reddy and Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar regardingBetiBachaoBetiPadhao.

## A list of States & UTs wise Child Sex Ratio (CSR) as per Census 2001 and 2011

| Name of State/UT   |   Census 2001 |   Census 2011 | Name of State/UT   |   Census 2001 |   Census 2011 |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
| Haryana            |           819 |           834 | Odisha             |           953 |           941 |
| Punjab             |           798 |           846 | Goa                |           938 |           942 |
| J&k                |           941 |           862 | Nagaland           |           964 |           943 |
| Delhi              |           868 |           871 | Tamil Nadu         |           942 |           943 |
| Chandigarh         |           845 |           880 | Jharkhand          |           965 |           948 |
| Rajasthan          |           909 |           888 | Karnataka          |           946 |           948 |
| Gujarat            |           883 |           890 | West Bengal        |           960 |           956 |
| Uttarakhand        |           908 |           890 | Sikkim             |           963 |           957 |
| Maharashtra        |           913 |           894 | Tripura            |           966 |           957 |
| Uttar pradesh      |           916 |           902 | Assam              |           965 |           962 |
| Daman &Diu         |           926 |           904 | Kerala             |           960 |           964 |
| Himachal Pradesh   |           896 |           909 | Pondicherry        |           967 |           967 |
| Lakshadweep        |           959 |           911 | A&n islands        |           957 |           968 |
| Madhya pradesh     |           932 |           918 | Chattisgarh        |           975 |           969 |
| D& N Haveli        |           979 |           926 | Meghalaya          |           973 |           970 |
| Bihar              |           942 |           935 | Mizorum            |           964 |           970 |
| Manipur            |           957 |           930 | Arunachal Pradesh  |           964 |           972 |
| Andhra Pradesh     |           961 |           939 | Arunachal Pradesh  |           964 |           972 |

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Question No. 3679 for 16.03.2018 by Shri J.J.T. Natterjee, Shri Prabhakar Reddy Kotha,  Dr. P. Venugopal,  Shri Y.S. Avinash Reddy and Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar regardingBetiBachaoBetiPadhao.

A list of States/UTs wise number of districts selected for multi- sectoral interventions and advocacy & media campaign-

| S.N.   | State/UT            |   No. of existing Advocacy and Media Plan and Multi Sectoral Action |   No. of new Districts for Advocacy and Media Plan and Multi Sectoral Action |   No. of new Districts for Advocacy and Media Plan |   Total no. of Districts |
|--------|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1      | Andaman& Nicobar    |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  2 |                        3 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh      |                                                                   1 |                                                                            7 |                                                  5 |                       13 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh   |                                                                   1 |                                                                            5 |                                                 10 |                       16 |
| 4      | Assam               |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                 26 |                       27 |
| 5      | Bihar               |                                                                   1 |                                                                           16 |                                                 21 |                       38 |
| 6      | Chandigarh          |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  0 |                        1 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh        |                                                                   1 |                                                                            1 |                                                 16 |                       18 |
| 8      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  0 |                        1 |
| 9      | Daman &Diu          |                                                                   1 |                                                                            1 |                                                  0 |                        2 |
| 10     | Goa                 |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  1 |                        2 |
| 11     | Gujarat             |                                                                   9 |                                                                           13 |                                                  4 |                       26 |
| 12     | Haryana             |                                                                  20 |                                                                            1 |                                                  0 |                       21 |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh    |                                                                   3 |                                                                            5 |                                                  4 |                       12 |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir      |                                                                  15 |                                                                            6 |                                                  1 |                       22 |
| 15     | Jharkhand           |                                                                   1 |                                                                           11 |                                                 12 |                       24 |
| 16     | Karnataka           |                                                                   1 |                                                                            4 |                                                 25 |                       30 |
| 17     | Kerala              |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                 13 |                       14 |
| 18     | Lakshadweep         |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  0 |                        1 |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh      |                                                                   6 |                                                                           36 |                                                  8 |                       50 |
| 20     | Maharashtra         |                                                                  16 |                                                                           15 |                                                  4 |                       35 |
| 21     | Manipur             |                                                                   1 |                                                                            7 |                                                  1 |                        9 |
| 22     | Meghalaya           |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  6 |                        7 |
| 23     | Mizoram             |                                                                   1 |                                                                            1 |                                                  6 |                        8 |
| 24     | Nagaland            |                                                                   1 |                                                                            6 |                                                  4 |                       11 |
| 25     | NCT of Delhi        |                                                                   7 |                                                                            2 |                                                  0 |                        9 |
| 26     | Odisha              |                                                                   1 |                                                                           14 |                                                 15 |                       30 |
| 27     | Puducherry          |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  3 |                        4 |
| 28     | Punjab              |                                                                  20 |                                                                            0 |                                                  0 |                       20 |
| 29     | Rajasthan           |                                                                  14 |                                                                           19 |                                                  0 |                       33 |
| 30     | Sikkim              |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  3 |                        4 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu          |                                                                   1 |                                                                           10 |                                                 21 |                       32 |
| 32     | Telengana           |                                                                   1 |                                                                            7 |                                                  2 |                       10 |
| 33     | Tripura             |                                                                   1 |                                                                            0 |                                                  3 |                        4 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh       |                                                                  21 |                                                                           47 |                                                  3 |                       71 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand         |                                                                   5 |                                                                            8 |                                                  0 |                       13 |
| 36     | West Bengal         |                                                                   1 |                                                                            2 |                                                 16 |                       19 |
|        | Total               |                                                                 161 |                                                                          244 |                                                235 |                      640 |

Annexure referred to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Question  No.  3679  for  16.03.2018  by Shri J.J.T. Natterjee, Shri Prabhakar Reddy Kotha,  Dr. P. Venugopal,  Shri Y.S. Avinash Reddy and Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar regarding Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.

A list of States/UTs wise fund released during last three years and current year under BBBP. (Amount in lakh)

| S.N.   | State/UTs            | Funds Released                      | Funds Released                      | Funds Released                      | Funds Released                      |
|--------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S.N.   | State/UTs            | 2014-15                             | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                             | 2017-18 *                           |
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar     | -                                   | 38.55                               | 16.2525                             | 21.66348                            |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh       | 36.34                               | 8.45                                | -                                   | 25.71001                            |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh    | -                                   | 43.42                               | -                                   | 32.505                              |
| 4      | Assam                | 36.34                               | 8.45                                | -                                   | 2.77925                             |
| 5      | Bihar                | 36.34                               | 8.45                                | -                                   | 20.7132                             |
| 6      | Chhattisgarh         | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | 36.9142                             |
| 7      | Chandigarh           | -                                   | 32.50                               | -                                   | 19.525                              |
| 8      | Dadar &Nagar Havelli | -                                   | 38.55                               | -                                   | 16.36                               |
| 9      | Daman and Diu        | 13.81                               | 20.95                               | -                                   | 11.9                                |
| 10     | Delhi                | -                                   | 231.27                              | -                                   | 97.85887                            |
| 11     | Goa                  | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | -                                   |
| 12     | Gujarat              | -                                   | 318.05                              | -                                   | 112.92536                           |
| 13     | Haryana              | 223                                 | 434.91                              | 126.58                              | 408.873                             |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 36.34                               | 49.55                               | -                                   | 89.7198                             |
| 15     | Jammu &Kashmir       | 28.95                               | 366.54                              | 15.6225                             | 260.24063                           |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | -                                   | 39.83                               | -                                   | -                                   |
| 17     | Karnataka            | -                                   | 41.48                               | -                                   | 32.505                              |
| 18     | Kerala               | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | -                                   |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh       | 101.35                              | 109.14                              | 22.7497                             | 101.29506                           |
| 20     | Maharashtra          | 158.73                              | 370.88                              | -                                   | 295.3895                            |
| 21     | Manipur              | 18.14                               | 8.72                                | -                                   | 44.9501                             |
| 22     | Meghalaya            | -                                   | 43.24                               | 16.225                              | 17.12517                            |
| 23     | Mizoram              | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | 32.5                                |
| 24     | Nagaland             | 36.34                               | 8.45                                | 24.0475                             | 23.3                                |
| 25     | Odisha               | 18.14                               | 26.65                               | -                                   | 31.79516                            |
| 26     | Puducherry           | -                                   | 18.15                               | -                                   | 28.1135                             |
| 27     | Punjab               | 250.97                              | 385.26                              | -                                   | 510.99465                           |
| 28     | Rajasthan            | 115.43                              | 357.47                              | 36.0887                             | 245.6982                            |
| 29     | Sikkim               | -                                   | 44.79                               | 32.505                              | 42.0875                             |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu           | 18.14                               | 23.04                               | -                                   | 30.88                               |
| 31     | Telengana            | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | 11.32149                            |
| 32     | Tripura              | -                                   | 44.79                               | -                                   | -                                   |
| 33     | Uttar Pradesh        | 187.98                              | 429.73                              | -                                   | 569.25                              |
| 34     | Uttarakhand          | 21.15                               | 133.50                              | -                                   | 96.40005                            |
| 35     | Lakshadweep          | -                                   | -                                   | -                                   | 27.555                              |
| Total  | Total                | 1337.49 3908.91 290.0709 3298.84818 | 1337.49 3908.91 290.0709 3298.84818 | 1337.49 3908.91 290.0709 3298.84818 | 1337.49 3908.91 290.0709 3298.84818 |

* As on 9.3.2018