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Consider the following statements about the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme:1. It is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.2. Arresting and reversing the child sex ratio is one of its components.Which of the following statements is correct?

A.
1 only
B.
2 only
C.
Both 1 and 2
D.
Neither 1 nor 2

Solution:

About the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Scheme:Launched in the year 2015. It is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. It is jointly implemented by three ministries:Ministry of Human Resources and Development (now, Ministry of Education)Ministry of Women and Child DevelopmentMinistry of Health and Family Welfare. Objectives of the scheme:Preventing gender-biased sex selection elimination. Ensuring survival and protection of the girl child. Ensuring a supportive environment for the education of the girl child. Salient features of the Scheme:Arresting and reversing the child sex ratio which is skewed towards the boy children in the country. Assuring them their social, cultural and political and economic dignity. Providing opportunities for safe and healthy personal development. Celebrating girl child and getting rid of gender stereotypes. Ensuring ways to promote equality between boys and girls. Sensitizing boys and men to challenge gender-based stereotypes. Making Neighbourhood safe and violence-free. Maintain the retention of girls child in school education. Making available separate toilets for girls in schools. Thus, both statements are correct. So, the correct option is 3. Additional InformationThe government of Maharashtra had launched the ' Bhagyashree Scheme' in 2015. This is a cash-in transfer scheme. Every girl child belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) group shall get financial assistance for her education, personal development. This scheme replaced the old 'Sukanya Scheme'. Under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme, Maharashtra is the only state in the country whose two districts (Jalgaon and Osmanabad) were awarded by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for 'effective community engagement, enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act and enabling girl child education. This award was given on the National Girl Child Day on 24 January, in the year 2017. The Bhagyashree Scheme has been linked with the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme by the Maharashtra government.

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