Lok Sabha Question No. 1762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Budget Allocation for BBBP Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1762

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR BBBP SCHEME

## 1762.  SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) whether 15th Finance Commission approved Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao (BBBP);
- (b) whether it is also true that the above scheme covers all districts;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) details of multi-sectoral interventions that the Ministry proposed under BBBP;
- (e) the reasons for bringing down budget for BBBP from Rs. 200 crore in 2017-18 to just Rs. 100 crore in 2021-22; and
- (f) details  of  budget  provided  for  2022-23  and  expenditure  made  till  November, 2022, State-wise, with a particular reference to Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (d)   Beti  Bachao  Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was launched on 22nd January, 2015 as a tri-ministerial effort of the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to prevent gender biased sex selective elimination, to ensure survival and protection of girl child and also to ensure education  of the girl child.   Now, in the 15th Finance Commission Period, BBBP has been approved as a component of Sambal Sub-scheme of Mission Shakti. Now, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Minority Affairs have also been added as partners with a view to undertake a special drive and awareness programme  for  promoting  skilling  among  girls.  The  scheme  has  been  expanded  to cover all the districts of the country through multi-sectoral interventions focused on zerobudget  advertising  and  encouraging  greater  spend  on  activities  that  have  on  ground impact  e.g. , promotion of sports among girls, self-defense camps, construction of girls toilets, making available sanitary napkin vending machines and sanitary pads especially in educational institutions, awareness about  Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act and skilling of girls etc.

(e)  From Financial Year 2017-18 to 2020-21, budget under BBBP was allocated for two components  namely  (i)  Media  Advocacy  Campaign  on  all  India  basis  and  (ii)  Multi Sectoral Intervention in 405 districts. However, in the 15 th Finance Commission period, the component of Media Advocacy has been kept combined for  all the sub schemes of Mission Shakti including BBBP. Accordingly, budget has been rationalized.

(f) The total budget of BBBP for Financial Year 2022-23 is Rs 222 crore and state-wise release is at Annexure

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Statement  in  reference  to  part  (f)  of  Lok  Sabha  admitted  Unstarred  Un-Starred Question  No.  1762  for  answer  on  16.12.2022  asked  by   SHRI  BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI regarding " Budget Allocation for BBBP Scheme ".

State/UT wise Status of Funds in current year 2022-23.

( Amount is crores)

| S No.   | State              |   Total Fund Released during Financial Year 2022-23 (as on 14.12.2022) |
|---------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh     |                                                                   0    |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh  |                                                                   0    |
| 3       | Assam              |                                                                   0    |
| 4       | Bihar              |                                                                   6.6  |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh       |                                                                   0    |
| 6       | Goa                |                                                                   0    |
| 7       | Gujarat            |                                                                   0    |
| 8       | Haryana            |                                                                   0    |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh   |                                                                   1.19 |
| 10      | J&K                |                                                                   0    |
| 11      | Leh                |                                                                   0    |
| 12      | Jharkhand          |                                                                   0    |
| 13      | Karnataka          |                                                                   0    |
| 14      | Kerala             |                                                                   0    |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh     |                                                                   5.7  |
| 16      | Maharashtra        |                                                                   0    |
| 17      | Manipur            |                                                                   0    |
| 18      | Meghalaya          |                                                                   0    |
| 19      | Mizoram            |                                                                   0    |
| 20      | Nagaland           |                                                                   0    |
| 21      | Odisha             |                                                                   0    |
| 22      | Punjab             |                                                                   0    |
| 23      | Rajasthan          |                                                                   4.14 |
| 24      | Sikkim             |                                                                   0    |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu         |                                                                   7.6  |
| 26      | Telangana          |                                                                   8.2  |
| 27      | Tripura            |                                                                   0    |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh      |                                                                   0    |
| 29      | Uttarakhand        |                                                                   0.64 |
| 30      | Andaman & Nicobar  |                                                                   0    |
| 31      | Chandigarh         |                                                                   0    |
| 32      | Dadra Nagar Haveli |                                                                   0    |
| 33      | Daman and Diu      |                                                                   0    |
| 34      | NCT DELHI          |                                                                   0    |
| 35      | Lakshadweep        |                                                                   0    |
| 36      | Puducherry         |                                                                   0    |
|         | Total              |                                                                  34.07 |

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