Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Key guidelines-

• According to the guidelines, the ministry has now targeted improvement in the
  • Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) by 2 points every year.
  • Improvement in the percentage of institutional deliveries at 95% or above.
  • 1% increase in 1st Trimester Antenatal care (ANC) Registration per year.
  • 1 per cent increase in enrolment at secondary education level and skilling of girls and women per year.
  • To check dropout rate among girls at secondary and higher secondary levels.
  • Raising awareness about safe menstrual hygiene management.
• The scheme will also look at increasing girls’ participation in sports by identifying talent and linking them with appropriate authorities under ‘Khelo India’.
• The ministry also plans to strengthen One-Stop Centres (OSCs), set up to help women facing violence, including domestic violence and trafficking, by adding 300 OSCs in districts which either have a high rate of crimes against women or are geographically large, preferably in aspirational districts.
• The OSCs will be the mainstay of the ministry at the district level for coordination and convergence with other initiatives under Nirbhaya Fund — such as women’s helplines, Anti-Human Trafficking Units, women’s help desks, and special fast-track courts, District Legal Service Authority, etc.
• Women in need, including those affected by violence along with their children — girls of all ages and boys up to 12 years can take temporary shelter at the OSCs for up to five days. 
• For long-term shelter, arrangements will be made by OSCs in coordination with Shakti Sadan, according to the guidelines.
• The toll-free, 24-hour women’s helpline, 181, will be merged with the Emergency Response Support System, and other platforms such as 1098 child line and NALSA, will also be connected to OSCs.
• The ministry stated that in future, the endeavour would be to have a single number — 112 — for emergency response and 181 for taking care of all non-emergency and information dissemination services to women, girls and children. 
• The helpline can also be accessed through text or other forms of messages for those unable to speak due to situational or physical challenges.
• The ministry has further introduced a new component Nari Adalat for providing women with an alternate grievance redress mechanism to resolve cases of petty nature (harassment, subversion, curtailment of rights or entitlements) at gram panchayat-level, which will be implemented in a phased manner.
• The ministry also published comprehensive guidelines for Mission Shakti — the guidelines are applicable from April.

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao(BBBP) programme-

• The scheme was launched by the Prime Minister of India in January 2015 at Panipat, Haryana.
• It is a tri ministerial Joint Initiative including-

• Ministry of Women and Child Development.
• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• Ministry of Human Resource Development(Now Ministry of Education). 

• It’s overall goal is to celebrate the Girl Child & Enable her Educationelebrate the Girl Child & Enable her Education.
• BBBP was launched to addresses the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR).
• Focus on Issues of women empowerment over a life-cycle continuum.
• It’s a Pan India Scheme, with 100% assistance from Central Government
• It has no provision for individual cash transfer. Grant in Aid is released by the MoW&CD, directly to the District Collector/District Magistrate of the selected district
• The scheme is implemented through ICDS platform/Mahila Shakti Kendras/ DLCW at district, block and village level in convergence with Health, Education and Panchayati Raj Ministry.
• The programme is operational in 405 districts at present.