Tag: Beti Bachao

Bhubaneswar: It seems that the nationwide campaign ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ has failed to generate desired results in Odisha as over 55,000 adolescent girls are out of school in the State. Such startling facts emerged from a baseline survey conducted by Odisha Women and Child Development department and Mission Shakti. However, School and Mass Education […]

Khurda: Beti Bachao initiative of the Central government has come a cropper  as incidents of abandonment of baby girls keep rising every day. One such incident has been reported from Tankol village under Jankia police limits in Khurda district today where a newborn girl was found abandoned. According to reports, the infant was left alone […]

Keonjhar/Koraput: In what can be a shame for the state as much as the much hyped Beti Bachao campaign of Modi, cases of abandonment of girl children are on the rise. This morning, two more cases have come in from Keonjhar and Koraput districts where two new born girls were found abandoned. While one was […]

New Delhi: Describing the benefits of various schemes including the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed his government has worked towards providing security to females working on night shifts and removing problems faced by women. Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) here, Modi […]

Chandigarh: The Haryana government yesterday appointed Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra as its brand ambassador for the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign to promote the cause of the girl child. A government spokesman said Parineeti was chosen for the campaign as she hailed from the state’s Ambala town, 45 km from here. “A mega event has […]

Bhubaneswar: An alarming trend has come to the fore in Odisha. As many as 14 districts have recorded a dip in sex ratio at birth in 2018-19, compared to the 2011 census. The overall proportion of girl infants per 1000 male infants born in Odisha stood at 941 vis-a-vis 943 in 2015-16. The State is […]