Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao now includes skilling

The Centre has expanded the scope of its flagship outreach program‘BetiBachao, BetiPadhao' to include skilling.

The government has decided to include skilling for girls in its BetiBachao, BetiPadao programme and has included the following component in the scheme:
Ensuring a 1% annual increment in enrolment at the secondary school level
To raise awareness about safe menstrual hygiene
To promulgate the elimination of child marriages
The scheme will now also focus on increasing the enrolment of girls in secondary education, particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subjects.
Women have been historically under-represented in areas such as technology.

About Beti Bachao, Beti Padao:

It was launched in January 2015 with the aim to address sex-selective abortion and the declining child sex ratio which was 918 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011.
This is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
The program is being implemented across 405 districts in the country.