(a) whether the Government proposes to provide incentives to families having
only girl child;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of families given incentives, State-wise including Rajasthan?
(a) whether the Government proposes to provide incentives to families having
only girl child;
(b) If so, the details thereof; and
(c) the number of families given incentives, State-wise including Rajasthan?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a), (b) & (c): There is no proposal in the Ministry of Women and Child Development to
provide incentives to families having single girl child. However, the University Grant
Commission under Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Higher Education)
provides Indira Gandhi Post-Graduate Scholarship to single girl child for pursuing non-
professional courses at post graduate level. The Central Board of Secondary Education also
gives scholarship, subject to certain conditions, to the meritorious single girl child for
pursuing education at Higher Secondary level. The incentive by way of scholarship in both
cases is available to the single girl child, and not to the families.