BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO- Cuddalore Works Towards a Change

BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO- Cuddalore Works Towards a Change
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BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO- Cuddalore Works Towards a Change. The Government has launched the Beti Pachao, Beti Padhao Programme which is a flagship initiative to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), to empower the girl child and enable her education, which aims at preventing gender biased sex selective elimination, ensuring survival and protection of the girl child and ensuring the education and Participation of girl child.

The Government has launched the Beti Pachao, Beti Padhao Programme which is a flagship initiative to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR), to empower the girl child and enable her education, which aims at preventing gender biased sex selective elimination, ensuring survival and protection of the girl child and ensuring the education and Participation of girl child.

Irrespective of the caste, creed, religion and social status, the overall attitude of the people inCuddalore District, a male child is considered a blessing and his birth is celebrated as opposed to female child where her birth is not celebrated and considered more of burden. Therefore education and health care of the female child is an important social indicator to measure equality between men and women.

In Tamilnadu state, Cuddalore district has been selected among the 100 districts to implement the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme which is coming under the districts below the National average CSR

BBBP scheme has been launched in Cuddalore District on National Girl Child Day celebrated atMarungur village of Panrutti taluk on 24th January 2015.

SPECIAL INITIATIVE PROGRAMMES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BBBP

CELEBRATION OF GIRL CHILD BIRTH ON BBBP DAY


To encourage people towards reversal of son centric rituals and customs, Advocacy efforts and community mobilization initiatives has been taken to promote a positive attitude among the citizens regarding womanhood and to promote birth of the girl child. Our District Task Force has decided to celebrate the ‘Girl Child Day’ in the name of ‘BBBP Day’ on 7th of every month from May 2015 at Govt. Hospitals, PHCs and Village. Each girl child is provided with an Appreciation letter signed by District Collector with an information of the Government Schemes benefitting girl child, Birth certificate, Tree saplings like Mango, Jackfruit which economically benefits the child for her futuristic needs, gift set and SSA pass book opened with the JSY amount of Rs. 700/- and from parent contribution Rs. 300/-. If, it contribution by parents is not possible then the volunteers donate the amount of Rs. 300/- or DR.M.L.R Maternity benefits scheme supports it.

Every parent should realize that the Birth of Girl child would certainly make a Happy Family and feel proud on receiving Collector appreciation certificate. On that day SHG members, Village Presidents also appreciate the family with gifts and 1 gm. gold coin to the girl child.

Release of Gift Pack along with Tree saplings, SSA, Birth certificate and Appreciation certificate on celebration of Girl Child Birth day.

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