Lok Sabha Question No. 5617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-27
Subject: Funds Distribution under BBBP Schemes
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Kuldeep Indora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5617

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2026

## FUNDS DISTRIBUTION UNDER BBBP SCHEMES

## 5617.  SHRI KULDEEP INDORA:

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

- (a) whether as per the Parliamentary committee's report, approximately 79 per cent of the funds released under the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' (BBBP) scheme between 2016 and 2019 were spent on media advocacy and awareness campaigns;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken to ensure that a larger portion of the  scheme's  allocation  is  spent  on  girl's  education,  health,  safe  transport  and infrastructure rather than on publicity;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any independent evaluation of the expenditure on programmes under 'Mission Shakti' to ensure tangible ground-level results alongside awareness campaigns; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  of  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  enhance  skill development  and  employment  opportunities  for  girls  after  the  completion  of  their education?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (c): Beti Bachao Beti Padhao helps to address Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and attendant issue of  empowerment of girls  and  women.  The  scheme tries  to  create  mindset  and  behavioural changes  towards  the  girl child by  informing,  influencing,  motivating,  engaging,  and empowering various stakeholders. The BBBP scheme has been revamped in the 15th Finance Commission Period, i.e. 2021-22 to 2025-26 and is now a component of Sambal Sub scheme of Mission Shakti. BBBP has been expanded to cover all the districts of the country through multi-sectoral  interventions  encouraging  greater  spend  on  activities  that  have  on  ground impact.

These initiatives under BBBP have established an excellent recall value and has transformed from a policy initiative into a national movement by mobilizing various stakeholders, including government agencies, media, civil society, and the public at large. This movement aims not only  to  address  immediate  concerns  related  to  Sex  Ratio  at  Birth  and  gender-based discrimination but also to foster a cultural shift towards valuing the girl child and ensuring her rights and opportunities

Two third-party evaluations of the schemes of the Ministry, including Mission Shakti Umbrella scheme and its components relating to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao have been conducted in 2020 and again in 2025 through NITI Aayog. The studies have found the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the scheme as satisfactory.

(d): The Government gives utmost priority to the safety, security and empowerment of girls across the country. To this end, the Government has adopted multi-pronged approach to address the educational, social and economic empowerment of girls.

Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school education from pre-school to class XII, supporting  the  implementation  of  the  National  Education  Policy  2020  and  the  Right  to Education Act, 2009. It emphasizes early childhood care and education, foundational literacy and  numeracy,  a  holistic  and  inclusive  curriculum,  enhancing  learning  outcomes,  bridging social and gender gaps, and ensuring equity and inclusion at all education levels.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme seeks to bridge gender and social category gaps in school education by providing residential schooling facilities for girls up to Class XII. Under  the  scheme,  the  girls  in  the  age  group  of  10-18  years  from  Scheduled  Caste  (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other Backward Class (OBC), minority communities, and BPL families are covered.

Vigyan Jyoti Programme encourages girls to pursue education and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields to improve gender balance. It targets meritorious girls from Class IX to Class XII and includes student-parent counselling, career counselling, additional academic support classes, tinkering activities, special lectures, visits to scientific institutions, labs, industries, and science camps and workshops.

With the objective of ensuring economic independence for girls, the Government has launched the Skill India Mission to provide comprehensive skill development and vocational training. Government has also set up the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  across  the  country.  Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojna (PMKVY), skill and vocational training is provided to women.

Government has taken various initiatives/measures to boost employment opportunities in the country, including for women like Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup India, Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Deen Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY),  Rural  Self  Employment  and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Production Linked Incentive, etc.

Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojna  -  National  Rural  Livelihoods  Mission  (DAY-NRLM),  under which women self-help  groups are  changing  the  rural  landscape  for  employment  and  selfemployment. Similarly, National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) is for urban areas.

Government is also implementing women centric schemes such as Namo Drone Didi, Lakhpati Didi,  Women  in  Science  and  Engineering-  KIRAN  (WISE-KIRAN),  SERB-POWER (Promoting  Opportunities  for  Women  in  Exploratory  Research),  etc.  for  improving  the employability of women.

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