Lok Sabha Question No. 1861 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa Barne, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Queen Oja, Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1861

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO

1861.  SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA: SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA B ARNE: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SITIYAL SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK: SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

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

- (a) whether Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme has not been implemented in all the districts across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether BBBP scheme has been able to bring behavioural change in the society towards birth and rights of a girl child in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether BBBP Scheme has resulted in an improvement of Sex Ratio at Birth; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)           While  pan  India Advocacy  and  Media  campaign   is  implemented  under  the BBBP scheme,  405 districts have been identified for Multi Sectoral interventions.
- (b)         As  per  the  evaluation  report  of  NITI  Aayog,  the  scheme  has  been  able  to generate  significant  mass-  mobilisation  to  eliminate  gender  discrimination  and  the scheme  has  also  been  able  to  develop  many  good  practices  and  community-level initiatives.
- (c) & (d)         BBBP aims to address the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and enabling Girl Child Education. As per the latest available report of Health Management Information System (HMIS) of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,  an improving trend of 16 points at National level from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019- 20) has been observed. The State/UT wise SRB of 2014-15 and 2019-20 is at Annexure-I .

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Annexure-I

STATEMENT REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) & (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1861 FOR 12.02.2021 REGARDING BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO (BBBP) RAISED  BY SHRI  SUDHEER  GUPTA,  SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO,  SHRI SHRIRANG  APPA  B  ARNE,  DR.  BHARATIBEN  DHIRUBHAI  SITIYAL,  SHRI SANJAY  SADASHIVRAO  MANDLIK,  SHRIMATI  QUEEN  OJA,  SHRI  CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

State/ UT wise Sex Ratio at Birth for the period of April-March, 2014-15 and 2019-20

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs           | 2014-15   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|         1 | All India A &NIslands | 918 967   | 934 985   |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh        | 921       | 945       |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh     | 916       | 931       |
|         4 | Assam                 | 920       | 942       |
|         5 | Bihar                 | 936       | 917       |
|         6 | Chandigarh            | 874       | 935       |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh          | 930       | 965       |
|         8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli   | 939       | 921       |
|         9 | Daman &Diu            | 894       | 902       |
|        10 | Delhi                 | 901       | 915       |
|        11 | Goa                   | 939       | 971       |
|        12 | Gujarat               | 901       | 914       |
|        13 | Haryana               | 876       | 924       |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh      | 897       | 933       |
|        15 | Jammu &Kashmir        | 936       | 942       |
|        16 | Jharkhand             | 920       | 920       |
|        17 | Karnataka             | 945       | 937       |
|        18 | Kerala                | 959       | 958       |
|        19 | Lakshadweep           | 1000      | 952       |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh        | 926       | 935       |
|        21 | Maharashtra           | 920       | 941       |
|        22 | Manipur               | 933       | 924       |
|        23 | Meghalaya             | 938       | 946       |
|        24 | Mizoram               | 971       | 971       |
|        25 | Nagaland              | 948       | 913       |
|        26 | Odisha                | 948       | 938       |
|        27 | Puducherry            | 916       | 938       |
|        28 | Punjab                | 892       | 920       |
|        29 | Rajasthan             | 929       | 948       |
|        30 | Sikkim                | 957       | 962       |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu            | 917       | 943       |
|        32 | Telangana             | 925       | 950       |
|        33 | Tripura               | 958       | 944       |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh         | 885       | 928       |
|        35 | Uttarakhand           | 903       | 949       |
|        36 | West Bengal           | 942       | 951       |