Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Panipat in 2015, the key focus of the scheme is spreading awareness and an advocacy campaign for changing mindsets, and enabling girls' education.
Launched in 2015, the initiative aims to bolster the Child Sex Ratio in India and empower girls and women throughout their life cycle.
The sex ratio at birth has improved over the five-year period from NFHS-4, proving that a larger number of girl children are being born. So, more daughters are being saved. But literacy rates among women remain a concern since nearly every third woman in villages was still illiterate in 2019-21.
She said that gross enrollment ratio of girls at all levels of education across the country is higher than that for boys.
BBBP is a government scheme launched in 2015 to end female foeticide, infanticide and help promote education of the girl child.
The WCD Ministry has also planned to appoint a nodal officer from each department for supervision of the scheme.
Union MoS Virendra Kumar announced that the government is planning to expand the scheme to all 640 districts in the country
Taking on the opposition parties particularly the Congress, Shah pointed out that after several years of scams by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the country had finally a government which cannot be accused of indulging in corruption.
Securing your daughter's future is your responsibility. But you are not alone at the task. Various dedicated schemes floated by central government and state governments can be availed of, in addition to other savings options to build a kitty for your daughter.