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Initial focus
79% by 2017
Over 95,000 toilets @primary schools
Over 6500 toilets @secondary schools
~50 more by 2015.
24th January
Implementation
Salient Features of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana
Administrative
1. District collector will head a district taskforce, will network with schools-colleges,
NGOs, companies aiming to spend CSR-funds, media, youth and so on.
2. Same way SDM will head block-task-force.
3. One nodal officer in each department for monitoring the district plans.
Child marriages
1. In North India, Child marriages held on Akshaya Tritiya- so additional surveillance
during that period.
2. Panchayat will be held accountable if child marriages occur.
3. Create parliamentary forum of MPs representing 100 districts.
Birth and female feticide
1. Collector and District judge will submit collaborate on PNDT cases, submit
monthly reports to union government. Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques
2. Regular inspection of clinics in district.
3. Online portal for filling anonymous complaints. Reward system for informantsabout doctors involved in sex-determination, illegal abortion, ultrasound
machines etc.
4. Asha workers will give mother-child protection card.
5. If pregnant mother registered under Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog yojana in 1st
trimester, shell be given Rs.3500/6. Reduce no. of underweight girls under 5 age
7. Panchayat to display gudda-guddi board number of new born boys and girls every month.
Protection
1. Strictly implement POCSO Act to save girl-child from sexual abuse. POCSO=
Protection of children from sexual offenses Act 2012.
2. Shelters: Sabla, Swadhar-grih, working womens hostel and so on.
3. Make community watch group of women- to ensure protective environment for
girl child.
Education
1. School Management Committees to ensure all girl child enroll.
Behavioral change
With help of religious leaders and community leaders, introduce social customs with
Gender equality e.g.
1. Celebrate birth of girl-child similar to Lohri
2. Siblings should tie Rakhi to each other during Raksha-Bandhan
3. Promote concept of Ardhangini (equal life partner), and Encourage equal property
rights.
4. Discourage the first preference to son. Allow daughters to perform last rites of
parents.
5. Promote simple weddings, mass-wedding to reduce cost on girls parents.
6. Prevent child marriage, dowry practice.
7. Government officials should keep email signature Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao.
8. Poster-awareness material, advertisements, song-dramas, social media, googlehangout
District administration will give license to acid-seller, only after KYC-like norms
id-proof, address proof etc.
A web-portal for stockists, retailers, their id proofs.
Hospitals will treat Acid Attack victims in hassle free manner- without asking for
cash, FIR etc.
Home ministry will setup a compensation fund- to pay for victims medical
expenses. Helath ministry, FINANCE ministry and Sarkaari Insurance companies
will support this fund.
Acid attacks will be treated as Heinous Crimes.
Court Trial will be finished in 60 days. (as per provisions of Criminal law act 2013)
Law will be amended further- to put deadlines on police-investigation, and even
appeals in higher courts- to ensure speedy justice. (otherwise if criminal convicted
in lower court, then goes to appeal in HC and SC for years, then purpose is
defeated.)
Acid Attack victims will be included in Physically disabled category- so they can
benefit from PH-reservation in sarkaari jobs, college admissions, vocationaltraining, loans & other schemes.
Criticism
1. Large volume of acid sold via blackmarket. Barely 1 bottle required to attack
someone. That much can be siphoned off even through registered acid-seller.
2. To evade registration norms, chemical factories are changing the productdescription, avoid labelling shipments as Acid.
3. Most acid attackers are spurned lovers. This type of medieval-mindset must be
changed through gender sensitive, value-based moral education from primary
school itself.
Where?
20% districts In each state. (~150 units across India, total 2250
personnel, 750 of them to be women).
Home ministry also advised the states to setup fast track courts for
crime against women.
Mock Questions
Q1. Find correct statements about Beti bachao-beti padhaao (BBBP)
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Q2. What are the focus areas of Beti bachao-beti padhaao (BBBP)
1. Replace POSCO act with a more stringent act.
2. Reduce malnutrition among girls
3. Give additional judicial powers to District collector for implementation of PNDT
Act
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Answer choices
Samridhi Women's
Leggings
Rs. 499
Samridhi
Q4. Recently ____ ministry issued guidelines to stop Acid attacks against women
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woman and child Development
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Samridhi Women's
Leggings
Rs. 299
Samridhi
1. under this scheme, each state capital / UT and all metro cities will have dedicate
police units for crime against women
2. These units will be given additional powers to search-seize and arrest beyond the
traditional powers available to a police office under CrPC.
3. These units will get 100% funding from union Government
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Descriptive Questions
1. Discuss the factors responsible for decline of child sex-ratio in India and list the
initiatives taken by various governments so far.
2. What are the objectives of about Beti bachao-beti padhaao. Discuss the measures
provided under the scheme to implement them. Suggest additional reforms if
any.
3. Discuss in brief, Home ministrys guidelines to prevent acid attacks against
women.