Everything about Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Campaign and Sukanya Samridhi Yojna
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Campaign and Sukanya Samridhi Yojna PM Narendra Modi launched twin programmes of " Beti bachao, beti padhao " (save girl child, educate her) and " Sukanya Samriddhi account " on January 22, 2015, in a bid to encourage birth and education of girls and tackle the abysmally low child sex ratio of 918 girls for 1000 boys. He also launched Sukanya Samridhi Yojna (girl child prosperity scheme), under which girl children below 10 years will have bank accounts with more interest and income tax benefits. Describing the desire to indulge in female foeticide as a "mental illness" Modi said that if this discrimination does not end it could cause a "terrible crisis" soon because of a lack of women in the country. Incidentally the PM launched the two schemes from Panipat in Haryana that has among the lowest child sex ratio in the country (837 girls to 1000 boys). It has been decided by the Government that Ministry o...