The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBB

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao  (BBBP) was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 22nd January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana as one of the flagship programmes of the Government, to address the declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of empowerment of women on a life-cycle continuum.  BBBP is a personal campaign of the Government of India that aims to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls. ·         It is a tri-ministerial effort of the following ministries: o   Women and Child Development o   Health and Family Welfare o   Education (erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) Key updates (as reported in Jan 2021) ·         The Ministry of Women and Child Development stated in January 2021, that 422 out of the 640 districts covered under the ‘ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Andolan’ have shown an improvement in sex ratio at birth in 2019-20 when compared to 2014-15 levels. The Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) metric has improved by 16 points from 918 (2014-15) to 934 (2019-20 ). ·         The percentage of first trimester antenatal care registration has also improved from 61% in 2014-15 to 71% in 2019-2020 while the percentage of institutional deliveries has increased from 87% to 94% in the same period In the education sector, the gross enrolment ratio of girls in schools at the secondary level has improved from 77.45 % to 81.32%, between 2014-15 to 2018-19.