Tag: girl child

PM Modi salutes daughters of nation on National Girl Child Day

In a tweet, PM Modi said, “On National Girl Child Day, we salute our #DeshKiBeti and the accomplishments in various fields."

January 24, 2021

MG & IIMPACT inaugurate 15th digital learning centre for girl child in Mewat, Haryana

MG has so far assisted the transformation of 15 out of the 50 IIMPACT learning centres to IIMPACT-ech Studios (digital learning centres) by driving tech-enablement.

December 8, 2020

Girl child’s wedding

In such a cataclysmic situation, many distraught families in a state of utter helplessness, are likely to marry off their minor daughters, the 'perceived burden', just as a 'survival mechanism', as 'poverty is a known driver of child marriages'. For many families, it may be a way of reducing the number of children to support or paying a lesser amount of dowry and doing it during the period of containment, is a means to make the affair less expensive and concealed.

July 19, 2020

Hard to believe, zero girl child birth in 133 villages of Uttarkashi

The three-month data of Dunda, Bhatwari and Naugoan blocks states that in 133 villages, 216 births took place and none of the newborns was a girl child.

July 20, 2019

Women’s struggle begins in womb: Smriti Irani

She said in a country like India where girls are worshipped as Devi, the girls feel insecure, which is the most unfortunate thing for all of us.

November 1, 2018

Journey for a purpose

In a novel way to raise awareness about the girl child, a skater is traversing India’s Golden Quadrilateral, reports Kanika Tripathi.

November 1, 2018

‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ to get reality check in Himachal

For an area where girls are reeling under socio-economic stress and are allegedly married in neighbouring state of Haryana for alleged ‘incentives’, the new strictures which are being implemented by Sirmaur district administration may come as a reality check for ambitious ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme. The district administration which seemed to be peeved over...

May 20, 2018

‘Pre-primary classes in Punjab boon for girl child’

The Punjab education minister Aruna Chaudhary said on Monday that the launching of pre-primary classes in state’s government schools is a boon for girl child in border areas. Chaudhary was addressing the culmination of month long ‘Mashal March’ (march with the ceremonial torch), a move initiated by the state government with an aim to increase...

March 5, 2018

Vulnerable women

Despite all the awareness drives to encourage girl child and rights of women, the sad fact remains that women remain vulnerable. While nature has made them physically the weaker sex, society has done its best to ensure that mentally and emotionally they are suppressed. It’s when a horrifying incident occurs that everyone is up in...

February 4, 2018

First girl born in 2018 in Bengaluru to get free education

In a one of its kind effort to celebrate a girl child, the first female baby born in the New Year at a civic hospital in the city will be given free education till under-graduation, Bengaluru Mayor R. Sampath Raj said on Friday. “The first girl child born in the New Year (January 1) through...

December 29, 2017

No country for girls

A few years ago, somewhere in Quetta lived a beautiful young woman with her two girls and a husband renowned across the city as among the best sonologists. The couple decided to have a third baby in the hopes of having a boy this time round. A few months into the pregnancy, however, it dawned...

August 27, 2017

Targeting the girl child

Horribly shocking and shameful incidents of sexual violence against female children of young ages as well as adolescent and teenage girls are being reported on almost a daily basis. While such reports are quite frequent from slums of Delhi, now such incidents are being reported even from remote villages located in the hills of Himachal...

July 27, 2017

Bengal shows the way

West Bengal has good reason to preen its feathers. Kanyashree Prakalpa, Mamata Banerjee’s unique initiative to help the girl child lead a more humane existence, has been accorded global recognition with the award conferred at The Hague under the UN’s Agenda for Sustainable Development. For the state, this is quite the most encouraging “breaking news”...

June 27, 2017

Govt looks for ways to save Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme from frauds

The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was launched from Haryana with much fanfare by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to focus on the development of the girl child and her education. Now, two years later, the government has become a victim of its own scheme as several frauds are being committed in the...

April 11, 2017

Haryana to give Rs. 21,000 to families for third girl child

Haryana government has decided that one-time grant of Rs 21,000 would be provided to all families whose third girl child is born on or after August 24, 2015, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, income and number of sons, under the ‘Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti’ scheme. An official spokesperson said that the scheme would be...

April 2, 2017

Haryana to give Rs 21,000 to families for third girl child

Haryana government has decided that one-time grant of Rs 21,000 would be provided to all families whose third girl child is born on or after August 24, 2015, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, income and number of sons, under the ‘Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti’ scheme. An official spokesperson said that the scheme would be...

April 2, 2017

Punjab fails to use Central funds for saving girl child

Despite having third lowest sex ratio in the country, Punjab government failed to utilise Rs.5.45 crore allocated under the Centre's flagship 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' (BBBP) scheme for the girl child during the past two years. According to the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report tabled in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, out of Rs.6.36 crore released by the...

March 30, 2017