Question : Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

(a) whether the Government has any plan to expand the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme for empowerment of rural women;
(b) whether BBBP scheme envisages capacity building and proper training of stakeholders/women to achieve its goal and if so, the details of the efforts being made by the Government thereunder;
(c) whether there has been any improvement in the sex ratio after the launch of the BBBP scheme during 2017-18 and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise particularly in Haryana; and
(d) the further steps taken by the Government to ensure the survival and safety of the new born girl child?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

(a): Since 2018-19, all 640 districts (as per census 2011) of the country have been covered under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme. Out of 640 districts, 405 districts are covered through Multi -sectoral intervention, Media & Advocacy and 235 districts covered through alert Media & Advocacy outreach. BBBP Scheme covers rural women as well as urban.

(b): Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme envisages capacity building, training & sensitization of functionaries and stakeholders to orient and sensitize them on the critical issue of Child Sex Ratio(CSR). Ministry of Women and Child Development(MWCD) through National Institute for Public Cooperation & Child Development (NIPCCD), has conducted a series of Capacity-building programmes and Trainings for 1664 Master Trainers in 18 training programmes for further strengthening and capacity building of district level officials and frontline workers covering all States/UTs. Apart from this NIPCCD has been carried out capacity building of Trainers of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRDs) and Elected Women Representatives (EWR) on BBBP Scheme. So far, under Phase I (2017-18), 486 Master Trainers and 18578 EWRs were trained in 14 States under 414 districts. The Phase II has been carried out in 07 States under 72 districts, which trained 3403 EWRs on BBBP Scheme.

(c): As per the latest available reports of Health Management Information System (HMIS) data of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 161 districts selected during 2014-15 and 2015-16 under BBBP indicate improving trend in 104 districts (1 district stable trend) in the period between 2015-16 and 2016-17. A list of Sex Ratio at Birth as per HIMS data of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare during the period 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 of the 100 district selected under BBBP in Phase I during 2014-15 and for the period 2015-16 and 2016-17 of the 61 districts selected in Phase II during 2015-16 including State of Haryana are annexed as Annexure –I.

(d): BBBP Scheme is a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resource Development, with a focus on awareness and advocacy campaign to change mindsets, enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act, enabling girl child’s survival, safety, and insuring her education.

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ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (c) of the Lok Sabha Question No.2924 for 28.12.2018 by Shri Abhijit Mukherjee and Shri S.P. Muddahanume Gowda regarding Bet Bachao Beti Padha.

(i) Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) as per HIMS data of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the period between 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 of the 100 Districts selected in Phase I under BBBP:


SN Name of State / UT Number of Districts 2014-15(APR-MARCH) 2015-16(APR-MARCH) 2016-17(APR-MARCH)
1. Gujarat (5) Surat 879 886 872
2. Mahesana 900 919 910
3. Gandhinagar 885 883 902
4. Ahmadabad 873 903 915
5. Rajkot 886 906 872
6. Haryana (12) Mahendragarh 791 809 859
7. Jhajjar 838 872 897
8. Rewari 803 845 851
9. Sonipat 864 869 898
10. Ambala 870 877 915
11. Kurukshetra 843 864 881
12. Rohtak 915 881 893
13. Karnal 758 883 854
14. Yamunanagar 887 896 912
15. Kaithal 887 868 899
16. Bhiwani 822 859 860
17. Panipat 901 898 941
18. Himachal Pradesh (1) Una 857 904 931
19. Jammu & Kashmir (5) Jammu 911 886 908
20. Pulwama 983 949 1018
21. Kathua 862 873 852
22. Badgam 972 988 968
23. Anantnag 985 1000 976
24. Madhya Pradesh (4) Morena 904 909 926
25. Gwalior 888 918 906
26. Bhind 919 898 929
27. Datia 887 880 895
28. Maharastra (10) Bid 913 898 925
29. Jalgaon 864 898 901
30. Ahmadnagar 904 906 895
31. Buldana 934 954 913
32. Aurangabad 917 929 927
33. Washim 974 903 910
34. Kolhapur 889 903 881
35. Osmanabad 883 909 912
36. Sangli 885 889 893
37. Jalna 901 887 900
38. NCT of Delhi (5) South West 878 881 875
39. North West 898 899 911
40. East 888 918 900
41. West 868 881 915
42. North 913 904 930
43. Punjab (11) Tarn Taran 874 880 889
44. Gurdaspur 879 866 881
45. Amritsar 897 909 892
46. Muktsar 899 896 889
47. Mansa 857 925 894
48. Patiala 847 866 890
49. Sangrur 864 848 879
50. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 955 936 910
51. Fatehgarh Sahib 873 889 928
52. Barnala 855 836 893
53. Firozpur 876 859 871
54. Rajasthan (10) Jhunjhunun 893 903 952
55. Sikar 939 923 963
56. Karauli 942 927 914
57. Ganganagar 918 934 952
58. Dhaulpur 930 924 945
59. Jaipur 912 904 928
60. Dausa 930 921 932
61. Alwar 915 912 931
62. Bharatpur 933 922 914
63. Sawai Madhopur 947 913 908
64. Uttar Pradesh (10) Baghpat 919 903 882
65. Gautam Buddha Nagar 844 873 875
66. Ghaziabad 899 977 908
67. Meerut 866 878 884
68. Bulandshahr 866 864 902
69. Agra 876 842 905
70. Muzaffarnagar 884 909 931
71. Mahamaya Nagar 867 884 885
72. Jhansi 860 900 925
73. Mathura 900 913 876
74. Uttarakhand (2) Pithoragarh 881 901 873
75. Champawat 887 959 973
76. Andaman& Nicobar Nicobars 985 948 839
77. Andhra Pradesh Y.S.R. 944 900 974
78. Arunachal Pradesh Dibang Valley 1073 761 1176
79. Assam Kamrup Metropolitan 942 969 950
80. Bihar Vaishali 915 887 879
81. Chandigarh Chandigarh 874 906 921
82. Chhattisgarh Raigarh 926 928 934
83. Dadra & Nagar Haveli Dadra & Nagar Haveli 942 951 934
84. Daman & Diu Daman 918 919 946
85. Goa North Goa 916 910 951
86. Jharkhand Dhanbad 861 890 914
87. Karnataka Bijapur 948 941 968
88. Kerala Thrissur 959 965 942
89. Tripura South Tripura 953 915 978
90. Manipur Senapati 991 974 980
91. Meghalaya Ribhoi 949 975 940
92. Mizoram Saiha 915 1022 898
93. Nagaland Longleng 954 984 942
94. Odisha Nayagarh 845 883 860
95. Puducherry Yanam 1107 981 976
96. Sikkim North District 831 1009 1011
97. Tamil Nadu Cuddalore 856 937 931
98. Telengana Hyderabad 946 938 967
99. Lakshadweep Lakshadweep 1000 832 955
100. West Bengal Kolkata 922 929 939

(ii) Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) as per HIMS data of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in the period between 2015-16 and 2016-17 of the 61 Districts selected in Phase II under BBBP:

SN Name of State / UT Number of Districts 2015-16(APR-MARCH) 2016-17(APR-MARCH)
1. Gujarat (4) Anand 924 931
2. Amreli 916 911
3. Patan 945 936
4. Bhavnagar 902 873
5. Haryana (8) Gurgaon 887 892
6. Jind 866 913
7. Faridabad 890 894
8. Hisar 910 927
9. Fatehabad 895 927
10. Sirsa 941 911
11. Panchkula 887 929
12. Palwal 921 935
13. Himachal Pradesh (2) Kangra 887 897
14. Hamirpur 849 943
15. Jammu & Kashmir (10) Samba 908 884
16. Baramula 948 994
17. Ganderbal 985 992
18. Rajouri 947 937
19. Srinagar 957 980
20. Shupiyan 1062 959
21. Kupwara 1027 961
22. Kulgam 1057 1087
23. Udhampur 880 881
24. Bandipore 964 885
25. Madhya Pradesh (2) Rewa 913 917
26. Tikamgarh 917 917
27. Maharastra (6) Hingoli 953 916
28. Solapur 878 910
29. Pune 911 889
30. Parbhani 941 911
31. Nashik 922 913
32. Latur 929 940
33. NCT of Delhi (2) North East 920 960
34. South 916 899
35. Punjab (9) Faridkot 899 909
36. Bathinda 885 888
37. Ludhiana 881 935
38. Moga 919 928
39. Rupnagar 920 927
40. Hoshiarpur 905 914
41. Kapurthala 884 905
42. Jalandhar 919 892
43. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 918 904
44. Rajasthan (4) Jaisalmer 925 914
45. Hanumangarh 971 973
46. Jodhpur 948 949
47. Tonk 926 978
48. Uttar Pradesh (11) Etawah 902 911
49. Aligarh 814 854
50. Etah 897 878
51. Firozabad 890 940
52. Jalaun 884 905
53. Bijnor 894 873
54. Mainpuri 840 871
55. Hamirpur 818 839
56. Saharanpur 906 909
57. Farrukhabad 880 886
58. Mahoba 873 921
59. Uttarakhand (3) Hardwar 876 917
60. Dehradun 933 923
61. Chamoli 944 894


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