Lok Sabha Question No. 1595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NINONG ERING, SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1595

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2016

## BETI BACHAO BETI PADAHO

## 1595 .   SHRI NINONG ERING : DR.SUBHASH BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment of success of BetiBachaoBetiPadaho Scheme, if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  expand  the  scheme  to  more  districts  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)      whether the campaign is made in local language of targeted population and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)     the strategies/ interventions used to ensure support from civic bodies for the NGOs and CBOs in the implementation of the said scheme;

(e)whether  the  Government  has  been  able  to  monitor  accountability  on  the  part  of  civic administration; and

- (f)     if so, the mechanism with the Government to ensure safety of CSR teams and field workers in and around gender critical districts in all States and UTs?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  overall  objective  of  the  BetiBachaoBetiPadhao  (BBBP)  Scheme  is  to  improve declining  Child  Sex  Ratio  in  the  country  and  create  an  enabling  environment  for  the education of girl child and this requires long-term attitudinal change. The Scheme has completed its one year and is at the nascent stage of implementation. It is too early to assess its impact at this stage but the Scheme has been received well. In the last one year, several  local  innovative  interventions  have  been  demonstrated  by  the  districts  with support from Department of WCD, Health and Education. This has resulted in increased awareness, sensitization and conscious building around the issue of declining CSR in the public domain.
- (b) BBBP Scheme has been extended to additional 61 districts across 11 States (Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) keeping in view the criticality of the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio.  The detail of the additional 61 districts under the BBBP Scheme is annexed.
- (c) A Nation-wide campaign was launched which includes radio spots/jingles in Hindi and regional languages, television publicity, community engagement through mobile exhibition  vans,  social  media  and  field  publicity.  Awareness  generation  through  SMS campaigns, Mailers, Hand-outs, Brochures and other IEC material in English, Hindi and regional languages has been adopted.
- (d) The  scheme  is  being  implemented  through  the  State  Govt./UT  Administration.  The States/UTs  Government  may  involve  local  Non  Governmental  Organizations  (NGOs), Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Civil Society Groups, and women's Organizations  working  on  the  issue  of  Gender,  Child  Sex  Ratio,  and  Education  for implementation  of  the  Scheme.  Also  Village  Convergence  &  Facilitation  Service (VCFS)  is  being  implemented  in  BBBP  districts  at  Gram  Panchayat  (GP)  level  to generate awareness regarding various schemes/programmes of the Central/State Government  and  mobilize  the  community  to  create  demand  and  access/avail  such services.
- (e) & (f): Ministry of Women and Child Development(MWCD) is the nodal Ministry for the implementation  and  monitoring    and  line  ministries  i.e.  MoHRD&MoH&FW  are responsible for ensuring relevant sectoral inputs for the effective implementation of the scheme. Monitoring is done at various levels viz., National levelbya National Task Force headed  by  Secretary,  WCD  which  provides  guidance  and  support;  finalize  training content; review state plans and monitor effective implementation. At State level by State Task  Force  headed  by  the  Chief  Secretary  and  in  UTs  the  Task  Force  is  headed  by Administrator to coordinate the Multi-Sectoral implementation of the Scheme.

At  the  District  level,  a  District/City  Task  Force  led  by  the  District  Collector/Deputy Commissioner/CEO ZilaParishad and at the Block level, a Block level Committee is set up  under  the  Sub  Divisional  Magistrate/Sub  Divisional  Officer/Block  Development Officer  to  provide  support  in  effective  implementation,  monitoring  and  supervision  of the  Block  Action  Plan.  At  the  Gram  Panchayat/Ward  level,  the  respective  Panchayat Samiti/Ward  Samiti  is  responsible  for  the  overall  coordination  and  supervision  and  at Village  level,  Village  Health  Sanitation  and  Nutrition  Committees  guides  and  support village level implementation and monitoring of the plan.

Annexure referred to in  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  UnStarred  Question  No. 1595 for 04.03.2016  regardingBetiBachaoBetiPadhao.

## Additional 61 Districts With lowest CSR selected from States having CSR below 918

| SN   | Name of State / UT   | Districts   |   Census 2001 |   Census 2011 |
|------|----------------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|      | INDIA                |             |           927 |           918 |
| 1    | Gujarat (4)          | Anand       |           849 |           884 |
| 2    |                      | Amreli      |           892 |           886 |
| 3    |                      | Patan       |           865 |           890 |
| 4    |                      | Bhavnagar   |           881 |           891 |
| 5    | Haryana (8)          | Gurgaon     |           807 |           830 |
| 6    |                      | Jind        |           818 |           838 |
| 7    |                      | Faridabad   |           847 |           843 |
| 8    |                      | Hisar       |           832 |           851 |
| 9    |                      | Fatehabad   |           828 |           854 |
| 10   |                      | Sirsa       |           817 |           862 |
| 11   |                      | Panchkula   |           829 |           863 |
| 12   |                      | Palwal      |           854 |           866 |
| 13   | Himachal Pradesh     | Kangra      |           836 |           876 |
| 14   | (2)                  | Hamirpur    |           850 |           887 |
| 15   | Jammu &Kashmir       | Samba       |           798 |           779 |
| 16   | (10)                 | Baramula    |           961 |           863 |
| 17   |                      | Ganderbal   |          1014 |           863 |
| 18   |                      | Rajouri     |           905 |           865 |
| 19   |                      | Srinagar    |           983 |           865 |
| 20   |                      | Shupiyan    |          1011 |           878 |
| 21   |                      | Kupwara     |          1021 |           879 |
| 22   |                      | Kulgam      |          1003 |           885 |
| 23   |                      | Udhampur    |           912 |           886 |
| 24   |                      | Bandipore   |           967 |           892 |
| 25   | Madhya Pradesh (2)   | Rewa        |           926 |           885 |
| 26   |                      | Tikamgarh   |           916 |           892 |
| 27   | Maharastra (6)       | Hingoli     |           927 |           882 |
| 28   |                      | Solapur     |           895 |           883 |
| 29   |                      | Pune        |           902 |           883 |
| 30   |                      | Parbhani    |           923 |           884 |
| 31   |                      | Nashik      |           920 |           890 |
| 32   |                      | Latur       |           918 |           889 |
| 33   | NCT of Delhi (2)     | North East  |           875 |           880 |
| 34   |                      | South       |           888 |           885 |
| 35   | Punjab (9)           | Faridkot    |           812 |           851 |
| 36   |                      | Bathinda    |           785 |           854 |
| 37   |                      | Ludhiana    |           817 |           860 |

|   38 |                    | Moga                     |   818 |   860 |
|------|--------------------|--------------------------|-------|-------|
|   39 |                    | Rupnagar                 |   799 |   863 |
|   40 |                    | Hoshiarpur               |   812 |   865 |
|   41 |                    | Kapurthala               |   785 |   871 |
|   42 |                    | Jalandhar                |   806 |   874 |
|   43 |                    | ShahidBhagat Singh Nagar |   808 |   885 |
|   44 | Rajasthan (4)      | Jaisalmer                |   869 |   874 |
|   45 |                    | Hanumangarh              |   872 |   878 |
|   46 |                    | Jodhpur                  |   920 |   891 |
|   47 |                    | Tonk                     |   927 |   892 |
|   48 | Uttar Pradesh (11) | Etawah                   |   895 |   875 |
|   49 |                    | Aligarh                  |   886 |   877 |
|   50 |                    | Etah                     |   880 |   879 |
|   51 |                    | Firozabad                |   887 |   881 |
|   52 |                    | Jalaun                   |   889 |   881 |
|   53 |                    | Bijnor                   |   905 |   883 |
|   54 |                    | Mainpuri                 |   892 |   884 |
|   55 |                    | Hamirpur                 |   904 |   886 |
|   56 |                    | Saharanpur               |   872 |   887 |
|   57 |                    | Farrukhabad              |   897 |   889 |
|   58 |                    | Mahoba                   |   900 |   892 |
|   59 | Uttarakhand (3)    | Hardwar                  |   862 |   877 |
|   60 |                    | Dehradun                 |   894 |   889 |
|   61 |                    | Chamoli                  |   935 |   889 |