Consider the following statements with reference to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao:

I. It is implemented by states with 100% central assistance.

II. There is a provision of direct benefit transfer in the scheme.

III. Nearly 80% of funds for the scheme has been used for advertising.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Solution

Statements 1 and 3 are correct: It is a launched by the Prime Minister in 2015 in Haryana to arrest the declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of empowerment of Women over a lifecycle continuum. Itrsquo;s a convergent initiative of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Human Resource Development. It is implemented by states with 100% central assistance. Nearly 80% of funds for the scheme has been used for advertising, and not on sectoral interventions such as womenrsquo;s health and education. Statement 2 is not correct: This scheme has provision for awards and recognitions but no provision for direct individual cash transfer for any strata of society including daughters of poor women. Under the scheme, combined data of urban and rural areas are considered for the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB).