Lok Sabha Question No. 1011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1011

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO SCHEME

1011.   SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY

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

- (a) the  date  since  'Beti  Bachao,  Beti  Padhao'  (BBBP)  scheme  is  operational  in Jharkhand;
- (b) the  funds  provided  by  the  Union  Government  to  Jharkhand  under  the  said scheme since the launch of the scheme, year-wise;
- (c) the amount utilized and that remained unutilized out of the said funds, in the said State, district-wise and year-wise; and
- (d) the details of the funds utilized out of the amount received for the said scheme in Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih districts under Giridih Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was launched on 22 January, 2015 with the aim to address declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of empowerment of girls and women over a life cycle continuum.

The scheme was started in selected 100 districts  which  included  1  district  i.e. Dhanbad from Jharkhand.  Later, from Financial Year (FY.)  2018-19, 11 more districts namely,  Hazaribagh,  Giridih,  Bokaro,  Kodarma,  Ramgarh,  Ranchi,  Purbi  Singhbhum, Palamu,  Saraikela-Kharsawan,  Deoghar  and  Jamtara  were  selected  for  multisectoral interventions.

Further  in  FY.  2022-23,  BBBP  has  been  expanded  to  cover  all  the  districts  of country.

(b) to (d) The funds were released directly to the dedicated account of the districts for implementation of the scheme.

However, from F.Y. 2022-23, funds are being released through State Government State  Nodal  Agency  (SNA)  Account  for  district  level  multi  sectoral  interventions.  The amount released to State of Jharkhand for implementation of BBBP during F.Y. 2022-23 is Rs. 2.90 crores.

District wise, including Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih, details of funds released and utilized  under BBBP since inception of the scheme i.e from 2014-15 to 2022-23 is at Annexure.

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Statement referred to in reply to part (b) to (d) of Lok Sabha Admitted Unstarred Question No. 1011 for 08.12.2023  raised  by  SHRI  CHANDRA  PRAKASH CHOUDHARY regarding Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme.

- (i)     Details of funds released and utilized by selected Multi Sectoral district of Jharkhand from F.Y. 2014-15 to 2017-18

(Amount in lakhs)

| District Name   |   Fund Releas ed during 2014-1 5 |   Utilizatio n during 2014-15 |   Fund Releas ed during 2015-1 6 |   Utilizatio n during 2015-16 |   Fund releas ed during 2016-1 7 |   Utilizatio n during 2016-17 |   Fund release d during 2017-1 8 |   Utilizati on during 2017-18 |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Dhanbad         |                                0 |                             0 |                            27.89 |                          4.73 |                                0 |                         23.16 |                                0 |                             0 |

- (ii)      Details  of  funds  released  and  utilized  by  selected  Multi  Sectoral  districts  of Jharkhand from F.Y. 2018-19 to 2022-23

(Amount in lakhs)

| S No.                    | District Name                                         | Fund release d during 2018-19                         | Utilizat ion during 2018-1 9                          | Fund releas ed durin g 201 9-20                       | Utiliza tion durin g 201 9-20                         | Fund relea sed durin g 202 0-21                       | Utiliz ation durin g 202 0-21                         | Fund releas ed durin g 2021 -22                       |   Utilizat ion during 2021-2 2 Fund releas ed durin g 2022-2 3 |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Bokaro                 | 24.7                                                  | 0.52                                                  | 0.82                                                  | 0.67                                                  | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 3.32                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 2 Deoghar                | 24.7                                                  | 17.38                                                 | 17.68                                                 |                                                       | 19.27                                                 | 19.27 11.25                                           | 0                                                     | 0.05                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 3 Dhanbad                | 24.55                                                 | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0                                                     | 2.00                                                  | 0                                                     | 2.81 0                                                | 2.13                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 4 Purbi Sing hbhum       | 25                                                    | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0 0                                                   |                                                       | 0 5.87                                                | 0                                                     | 0.00                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 5 Giridih                | 24.7                                                  | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0 5.26                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0.00                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 6 Hazaribag              | 25                                                    | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0 10.34                                               | 10.34                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 8.59                                                  |                                                              0 |
| h 7 Jamtara              | 24.7                                                  | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0 3.98                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 2.10                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 8 Koderma                | 40.82                                                 | 26.77                                                 |                                                       | 10.96 6.41                                            | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0.71                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 9 Palamu                 | 25                                                    | 3.66                                                  | 3.66                                                  | 8.62                                                  | 8.62                                                  | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0.00                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 10 Ramgarh               | 25                                                    | 0                                                     |                                                       | 0 1.92                                                | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 12.29                                                 |                                                              0 |
| 11 Ranchi                | 24.2                                                  | 0                                                     | 0.8                                                   | 15.94                                                 | 15.94                                                 | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0.00                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 12 Seraikela- Kharsawa n | 25                                                    | 6.26                                                  | 6.26                                                  | 5.82                                                  | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     | 1.91                                                  |                                                              0 |
| 13 Chatra                | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral | These districts have been selected for Multi sectoral |                                                             30 |
| 14 Garhwa                | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  | intervention from F.Y. 2022-23 only.                  |                                                             30 |

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| 16 Godda        |        30 |          |
| 17 Gumla        |        30 |          |
|                 |        20 | 18 Dumka |
| Simdega         |        20 | 19       |
| Sahebgan j      |        20 | 20       |
| Pakur           |        20 | 21       |
| West Sing hbhum |        20 | 22       |
| 23 Khunti       |        20 |          |
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