The present prime minister Narendra Modi launched this Beti Bachao Beti padhao scheme. Narendra Modi by the year 2015. This scheme means saving daughters and making our daughters literate by allowing them to study. This scheme was put into action to rule out the gender discrimination present in India among males and females. This discrimination is present to increase male dominance over females in every aspect. To stop such thought and action, this was a brilliant scheme initiated by the government of India to encourage female children to shine and empower society. There are also certain disadvantages of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.
This was launched to reduce the female infant mortality rate and increase the sex ratio, drastically reducing from 918 girls to 1000 boys. This cruelty happens due to sex-selective abortions to kill female infants. This was launched in 2015 in over 450 villages across India. This is a scheme checked by three central ministries involving the women and child care ministry and the ministry of health and education.Â
Beti Bachao Beti padhao scheme involves poor Fund Utilisation, as accused by the committee on women empowerment. The scheme concentrated mostly on advertising the scheme and its awareness and reach rather than concentrating funds on the health and education of the girl children as promised by the scheme.
The total budget from the inception to till date is 848 crores, where the funds of 622.48 crores are dispersed to the states. The disappointing research or fact came to the notice of the committee that only 23.48 per cent of the funds, which is 155 crore,s are only being identified to be utilised by the state government. This disappointing report was also put to the notice by the auditor General, who stated that the funds are being improperly utilised by the states contributing to the disadvantages of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao during his financial report by the year 2016 to 2017.
In the presence of ill utilised funds, the central government and the three ministries were releasing timely funds for the state for the proper functioning of the scheme. The committee has questioned this, and they addressed that the ministry of women’s welfare should check the Utilisation of funds by the state government. This should be checked from time to time.
To remove the disadvantages of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the committee suggested the following points be followed to remove the existing ill Utilisation,
BBBP scheme is used to alleviate the sex disproportionate between males and females. This had disadvantages for Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Especially regarding the advertising where advertisement took a whopping amount. State Utilisation of funds was also poor. Health and education, along with basic amenities, need to be properly addressed.