Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save Girl Child, Educate Girl Child) is a
Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving
the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women.
Main
Objectives of this Programme are to prevent gender biased sex selective
elimination, to ensure survival & protection of the Girl Child, to
ensure education of the Girl Child, to improve the Nutrition Status of
Girl Child and to promote a protective environment for Girl Child. Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'
programme on 22nd January, 2015 from Panipat, Haryana.
India
Post released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the launch of 'Beti
Bachao - Beti Padhao' scheme, a flagship initiative to address issues
that affect women, and also reverse the trend of an adverse and
declining Child Sex Ratio. The stamp was released by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi at the function organized to launch the Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao programme. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for
Communications & IT, Smt. Menaka Gandhi, Hon'ble Minister for Women
and Child Development, Shri K.P. Solanki, H.E. Governor of Haryana and
Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, Hon'ble CM of Haryana and Film Actress Madhuri
Dixit, who has been made the Brand Ambassador of the campaign were
present at the function.
