India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme of the Government of India was launched on 22nd January, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. This landmark initiative sought to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in India and ensure that girls and women across the nation have the opportunities, care, and dignity they deserve.
The objective of BBBP is to create behavioural and social change to increase sex ratio at birth, improvement in institutional deliveries, enhance enrolment of girls at secondary education level, check dropout rate among girls at secondary and higher secondary education, increase in Anti-Natal Care registration, create awareness about safe Menstrual H...