BBBP aims to address the issues of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and enabling Girl Child education. Towards this purpose, multi-sectoral interventions are carried out in selected BBBP districts. Apart from this, an awareness campaign is carried out for creating awareness and visibility about the criticality of the issue of declining CSR in the country. To improve declining Child Sex Ratio in the country and to change the mindset is a long-term challenge. CSR is calculated on decadal basis by Registrar General of India through census. WCD Ministry has not made any impact assessment of the scheme, however as per the latest available reports of Health Management Information System (HMIS), data of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for 161 districts selected under BBBP during 2014-15 and 2015-16 indicate that for the time period between April-March, 2015-16 & 2016- 17, an improving trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) is visible in 104 districts, 119 districts have reported progress in first trimester registration against the reported Anti Natal Care registrations and 146 districts have reported improvement in institutional deliveries.
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme (BBBP), launched on 22nd January, 2015, addresses the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and related issues of women empowerment and aims to change mindsets to value girl child. It is a triministerial effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development. The key elements of the scheme include nation-wide awareness and advocacy campaign and multi- sectoral action. Multi-sectoral action includes effective enforcement of Pre Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act, Pre-Natal/ Post Natal care of mother, improve enrolment of girls in schools, community engagement/ training/ awareness generation etc. Since 2018-19, all 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country have been covered under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme. Out of 640 districts, 405 districts are covered through Multi -sectoral intervention, Media & Advocacy and 235 districts covered through alert Media & Advocacy outreach
The details of expenditure of funds allocated/earmarked, released, utilized, spent in advertising under the scheme since its inception and the current year are as under:
(Amount in Crore)
| S. No | Financial Year | Funds Allocated | Funds Released to States/ Districts
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Funds released for the Media activities
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| 1 | 2014-15 | 50 | 13.37 | 18.91 |
| 2 | 2015-16 | 75 | 39.08 | 24.54 |
| 3 | 2016-17 | 43 | 2.9 | 29.79 |
| 4 | 2017-18 | 200 | 33.2 | 135.71 |
| 5. | 2018-19* | 280 | 70.63 | 155.71 |
* as on 31.12.2018
Since, 2018-19, all 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country have been covered under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme (BBBP). Out of 640 districts, 405 districts are covered through Multi-sectoral intervention, Media & Advocacy and 235 districts covered through alert Media & Advocacy outreach.
The above Information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development, DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR in reply to an Unstarred Question in the Lok Sabha, today.
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