Lok Sabha Question No. 1032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1032

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2015

## BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO

## 1032.   SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE: SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL: DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) whether the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) has reportedly declined in some States/ UTs of the country, if so , the details thereof and the reasons therefore, State/ UT -wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey to identify the areas/Gender Critical Districts in which CSR is declining and if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has launched 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP)'programme to save  and  empower  girl  child  across  the  country  and  if  so,  the  salient  features  thereof indicating  its  coverage  and  districts  identified  and  criteria/  norms  adopted  for  their identification;
- (d) the  total  project  cost  of  the  programme  along  with  the  funds  allocated/  released  and utilized under the said programme since its inception, State/ UT-wise;
- (e) whether the Government has assessed the impact and progress/ achievements made under the programme and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (f) whether the Government also proposes to introduce any insurance scheme for girl child under the said programme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the steps taken/ being taken by the Government to increase coverage of the programme and to improve CSR in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

(a) & (b)   As per Census 2011 data, Child Sex Ratio (CSR) stands at 918 girls per 1000 boys in the age  group of 0-6  years,  against  927  in  2001  Census.  The  State-wise  detail  is enclosed  at  Annex-I.  The  reasons  behind  the  declining  Child  Sex  Ratio  in  the  country, primary the socio- cultural mindset having preference for son, considering girls as burden and  preference for small family. Further, easy availability of technology  for sex determination tests and abortion services act as a catalyst in the declining Child Sex Ratio.

(c)   Government of India has introduced the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme for survival, protection & education of girl child. It aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets  &  creating  awareness  about  the  criticality  of  the  issue.  There  are  focussed intervention & multi-sectoral action in 100 districts with low Child Sex Ratio. The criteria for selection of 100 districts under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme are as under:-

-  87 Districts have been selected from 23 States/UTs having Child Sex Ratio below the National average of 918.
-  8  Districts    have  been  selected  from  8  States/UTs  having  Child  Sex  Ratio  above National average of 918 but showing declining trend.
-  5  Districts  have  been  selected  from  5  States/UTs  having  Child  Sex  Ratio  above National average of 918 and showing improving trend so that other parts of country can learn from them.

The list of 100 gender critical districts with low on CSR is enclosed at Annex-II.

(d)    The total project cost of the Scheme for Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao for the remaining part  of  the  12 th Five  year  Plan  (2  &  ½  years  )  is  Rs.  199.99  crore  with  100%  Central Assistance. During the year 2014-15 an amount of Rs. 13.37 crore was released to State/UTs for implementation of BBBP Scheme. The details of fund released to State/UTs  during the Financial Year 2014-15 is enclosed at Annex III.

During the  Financial  year  2015-16  an  amount  of  Rs.  19.72  crore  has  been  released  to State/UTs  as  first  installment  for  implementation  of  BBBP  Scheme.  The  details  of  fund released to State/UTs  during the Financial Year 2015-16 is enclosed at Annex IV.

(e) Since the overall objective of the Scheme is to improve declining Child Sex Ratio in the country  and  create  an  enabling  environment  for  the  education  of  girl  child,  this  requires long-term attitudinal change. The Scheme is at the nascent stage of implementation and its impact cannot be assessed at this stage.

(f)   There is no provision of any insurance scheme for girl child under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme.

(g)    Under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme apart from funds released for 100 selected districts, funds are also released to all the State/UTs for conducting various activities such as awareness generation to improve Child Sex Ratio in the country. Massive media campaign is also being carried out at national level to create mass awareness about the declining child sex ratio.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1032 for 04.12.2015  regarding Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

State-wise Child Sex Ratio (age group 0-6 years) during last two census.

| NAME                     |   Census 2001 |   Census 2011 |
|--------------------------|---------------|---------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands |           957 |           968 |
| Andhra Pradesh           |           961 |           939 |
| Arunachal Pradesh        |           964 |           972 |
| Assam                    |           965 |           962 |
| Bihar                    |           942 |           935 |
| Chandigarh               |           845 |           880 |
| Chhattisgarh             |           975 |           969 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |           979 |           926 |
| Daman &Diu               |           926 |           904 |
| Delhi                    |           868 |           871 |
| Goa                      |           938 |           942 |
| Gujarat                  |           883 |           890 |
| Haryana                  |           819 |           834 |
| Himachal Pradesh         |           896 |           909 |
| Jammu &Kashmir           |           941 |           862 |
| Jharkhand                |           965 |           948 |
| Karnataka                |           946 |           948 |
| Kerala                   |           960 |           964 |
| Lakshadweep              |           959 |           911 |
| Madhya Pradesh           |           932 |           918 |
| Maharashtra              |           913 |           894 |
| Manipur                  |           957 |           936 |
| Meghalaya                |           973 |           970 |
| Mizoram                  |           964 |           970 |
| Nagaland                 |           964 |           943 |
| Odisha                   |           953 |           941 |
| Pondicherry              |           967 |           967 |
| Punjab                   |           798 |           846 |
| Rajasthan                |           909 |           888 |
| Sikkim                   |           963 |           957 |
| Tamil Nadu               |           942 |           943 |
| Tripura                  |           966 |           957 |
| Uttar Pradesh            |           916 |           902 |
| Uttarakhand              |           908 |           890 |
| West Bengal              |           960 |           956 |

Annex-II Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1032 for 04.12.2015  regarding Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao List of Gender Critical Districts selected Covering All States & UTs with Low Child Sex

## Ratio (CSR)

| SN   | Name of State / UT   | Districts           |   Census 2001 |   Census 2011 |
|------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|
|      | INDIA                |                     |           927 |           918 |
| 1    | Andaman& Nicobar     | Nicobars            |           937 |           945 |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh       | Y.S.R.              |           951 |           918 |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh    | Dibang Valley       |           874 |           889 |
| 4    | Assam                | Kamrup Metropolitan |           943 |           946 |
| 5    | Bihar                | Vaishali            |           937 |           904 |
| 6    | Chandigarh           | Chandigarh          |           845 |           880 |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh         | Raigarh             |           964 |           947 |
| 8    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli  | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |           979 |           926 |
| 9    | Daman &Diu           | Daman               |           907 |           897 |
| 10   | Goa                  | North Goa           |           938 |           939 |
| 11   | Gujarat              | Surat               |           859 |           835 |
| 12   |                      | Mahesana            |           801 |           842 |
| 13   |                      | Gandhinagar         |           816 |           847 |
| 14   |                      | Ahmadabad           |           835 |           857 |
| 15   |                      | Rajkot              |           854 |           862 |
| 16   | Haryana              | Mahendragarh        |           818 |           775 |
| 17   |                      | Jhajjar             |           801 |           782 |
| 18   |                      | Rewari              |           811 |           787 |
| 19   |                      | Sonipat             |           788 |           798 |
| 20   |                      | Ambala              |           782 |           810 |
| 21   |                      | Kurukshetra         |           771 |           818 |
| 22   |                      | Rohtak              |           799 |           820 |
| 23   |                      | Karnal              |           809 |           824 |
| 24   |                      | Yamunanagar         |           806 |           826 |
| 25   |                      | Kaithal             |           791 |           828 |
| 26   |                      | Bhiwani             |           841 |           832 |
| 27   |                      | Panipat             |           809 |           837 |
| 28   | Himachal Pradesh     | Una                 |           837 |           875 |
| 29   | Jammu &Kashmir       | Jammu               |           819 |           795 |
| 30   |                      | Pulwama             |          1046 |           829 |
| 31   |                      | Kathua              |           847 |           831 |
| 32   |                      | Badgam              |           963 |           832 |
| 33   |                      | Anantnag            |           977 |           841 |
| 34   | Jharkhand            | Dhanbad             |           951 |           916 |
| 35   | Karnataka            | Bijapur             |           928 |           931 |

|   36 | Kerala         | Thrissur                   |   958 |   950 |
|------|----------------|----------------------------|-------|-------|
|   37 | Lakshadweep    | Lakshadweep                |   959 |   911 |
|   38 | Madhya Pradesh | Morena                     |   837 |   829 |
|   39 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior                    |   853 |   840 |
|   40 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhind                      |   832 |   843 |
|   41 | Madhya Pradesh | Datia                      |   874 |   856 |
|   42 | Maharastra     | Bid                        |   894 |   807 |
|   43 | Maharastra     | Jalgaon                    |   880 |   842 |
|   44 | Maharastra     | Ahmadnagar                 |   884 |   852 |
|   45 | Maharastra     | Buldana                    |   908 |   855 |
|   46 | Maharastra     | Aurangabad                 |   890 |   858 |
|   47 | Maharastra     | Washim                     |   918 |   863 |
|   48 | Maharastra     | Kolhapur                   |   839 |   863 |
|   49 | Maharastra     | Osmanabad                  |   894 |   867 |
|   50 | Maharastra     | Sangli                     |   851 |   867 |
|   51 | Maharastra     | Jalna                      |   903 |   870 |
|   52 | Manipur        | Senapati                   |   962 |   893 |
|   53 | Meghalaya      | Ribhoi                     |   972 |   953 |
|   54 | Mizoram        | Saiha                      |   950 |   932 |
|   55 | Nagaland       | Longleng                   |   964 |   885 |
|   56 | NCT of Delhi   | South West                 |   846 |   845 |
|   57 | NCT of Delhi   | North West                 |   857 |   865 |
|   58 | NCT of Delhi   | East                       |   865 |   871 |
|   59 | NCT of Delhi   | West                       |   859 |   872 |
|   60 | NCT of Delhi   | North                      |   886 |   873 |
|   61 | Odisha         | Nayagarh                   |   904 |   855 |
|   62 | Puducherry     | Yanam                      |   964 |   921 |
|   63 | Punjab         | Tarn Taran                 |   784 |   820 |
|   64 | Punjab         | Gurdaspur                  |   789 |   821 |
|   65 | Punjab         | Amritsar                   |   792 |   826 |
|   66 | Punjab         | Muktsar                    |   811 |   831 |
|   67 | Punjab         | Mansa                      |   782 |   836 |
|   68 | Punjab         | Patiala                    |   776 |   837 |
|   69 | Punjab         | Sangrur                    |   784 |   840 |
|   70 | Punjab         | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar |   785 |   841 |
|   71 | Punjab         | Fatehgarh Sahib            |   766 |   842 |
|   72 | Punjab         | Barnala                    |   792 |   843 |
|   73 | Punjab         | Firozpur                   |   822 |   847 |
|   74 | Rajasthan      | Jhunjhunun                 |   863 |   837 |
|   75 | Rajasthan      | Sikar                      |   885 |   848 |
|   76 | Rajasthan      | Karauli                    |   873 |   852 |
|   77 | Rajasthan      | Ganganagar                 |   850 |   854 |
|   78 | Rajasthan      | Dhaulpur                   |   860 |   857 |

|   79 |               | Jaipur              |   899 |   861 |
|------|---------------|---------------------|-------|-------|
|   80 |               | Dausa               |   906 |   865 |
|   81 |               | Alwar               |   887 |   865 |
|   82 |               | Bharatpur           |   879 |   869 |
|   83 |               | Sawai Madhopur      |   902 |   871 |
|   84 | Sikkim        | North District      |   995 |   929 |
|   85 | Tamil Nadu    | Cuddalore           |   957 |   896 |
|   86 | Telengana     | Hyderabad           |   943 |   914 |
|   87 | Tripura       | South Tripura       |   961 |   951 |
|   88 | Uttar Pradesh | Baghpat             |   850 |   841 |
|   89 |               | Gautam Buddha Nagar |   854 |   843 |
|   90 |               | Ghaziabad           |   854 |   850 |
|   91 |               | Meerut              |   857 |   852 |
|   92 |               | Bulandshahr         |   867 |   854 |
|   93 |               | Agra                |   866 |   861 |
|   94 |               | Muzaffarnagar       |   859 |   863 |
|   95 |               | Mahamaya Nagar      |   886 |   865 |
|   96 |               | Jhansi              |   886 |   866 |
|   97 |               | Mathura             |   872 |   870 |
|   98 | Uttarakhand   | Pithoragarh         |   902 |   816 |
|   99 |               | Champawat           |   934 |   873 |
|  100 | West Bengal   | Kolkata             |   927 |   933 |

* Apart  from  the  100  selected  districts  additional  seven  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  one District from West Bengal and one District from Tripura are included in the BBBP Scheme on the  request  of  the  respective  States.  However,  no  additional  funds  are  given  to  the  States  for implementing BBBP Scheme in the additional districts.

Annex-III

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1032 for 04.12.2015  regarding Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

## Fund released during the Financial Year 2014-15 to State/UTs.

| Sl. No.   | State            | Fund release for 2014-15 (Rs. In Lakh)   |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Assam            | 36.34                                    |
| 2.        | Bihar            | 36.34                                    |
| 3.        | Haryana          | 223                                      |
| 4.        | Himachal Pradesh | 36.34                                    |
| 5.        | Madhya Pradesh   | 101.35                                   |
| 6.        | Nagaland         | 36.34                                    |
| 7.        | Punjab           | 250.97                                   |
| 8.        | Uttar Pradesh    | 187.98                                   |
| 9.        | Uttarkhand       | 21.15                                    |
| 10.       | Andhra Pradesh   | 36.34                                    |
| 11.       | Rajasthan        | 115.43                                   |
| 12.       | Maharashtra      | 158.73                                   |
| 13.       | Daman &Diu       | 13.81                                    |
| 14.       | Odisha           | 18.14                                    |
| 15.       | Jammu &Kashmir   | 28.95                                    |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu       | 18.14                                    |
| 17.       | Manipur          | 18.14                                    |
|           | Total            | (13.37 Crore)                            |

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part (d) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1032 for 04.12.2015  regarding Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

## Fund released during the Financial Year 2015-16 to States/UTs.

| Sl. No.   | State                 | Fund release for 2015-16I st Instalment (Rs. In Lakh)   |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Chhattisgarh          | 44.7975                                                 |
| 2.        | Telengana             | 44.7975                                                 |
| 3.        | Sikkim                | 44.7975                                                 |
| 4.        | Bihar                 | 8.4575                                                  |
| 5.        | Andhra Pradesh        | 8.4575                                                  |
| 6.        | Meghalaya             | 43.2475                                                 |
| 7.        | Andaman & Nicobar     | 38.555                                                  |
| 8.        | Uttarakhand           | 56.1525                                                 |
| 9.        | Odisha                | 26.6575                                                 |
| 10.       | Daman and Diu         | 20.95                                                   |
| 11.       | Mizoram               | 44.7975                                                 |
| 12.       | Kerala                | 44.7975                                                 |
| 13.       | Jammu & Kashmir       | 145.3175                                                |
| 14.       | Karnataka             | 41.4872                                                 |
| 15.       | Goa                   | 44.7975                                                 |
| 16.       | Tamil Nadu            | 23.04                                                   |
| 17.       | Arunachal Pradesh     | 43.4225                                                 |
| 18.       | Manipur               | 8.7275                                                  |
| 19.       | Puducherry            | 18.15                                                   |
| 20.       | Himachal Pradesh      | 8.8475                                                  |
| 21.       | Gujarat               | 77.1375                                                 |
| 22.       | Madhya Pradesh        | 33.191                                                  |
| 23.       | Rajasthan             | 180.5415                                                |
| 24.       | Nagaland              | 8.4575                                                  |
| 25.       | Punjab                | 118.87750                                               |
| 26.       | Dadar & Nagar Havelli | 38.555                                                  |
| 27.       | Tripura               | 44.7975                                                 |
| 28.       | Jharkhand             | 39.83375                                                |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh         | 137.0447                                                |
| 30.       | Delhi                 | 168.575                                                 |
| 31.       | Chandigarh            | 32.505                                                  |
| 32        | Maharashtra           | 160.7826                                                |
| 33        | Haryana               | 163.4689                                                |
| 34        | Assam                 | 8.4575                                                  |
|           | Total                 | (19.72 Crore)                                           |

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