In the past seven years, India’s Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) improved by 19 Points at National level: From 918 In 2014-15to 937 in 2020-21. The Ministry of Women and Child Development said that ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ movement has stirred up collective consciousness towards changing the mindset of the Nation towards valuing the girl child, reflecting improvement in sex ratio of birth.
“Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme is being implemented across India and covering 640 districts (as per Census 2011) across the country. Out of 640 districts, 405 districts are covered under multi-sectoral intervention along with Media Advocacy under direct supervision of DMs/DCs and all 640 districts are covered through advocacy and media campaign,” said WCD Ministry headed Smriti Irani in a statement on Wednesday.
Releasing year end review of 2021, the Ministry said that to promote the nutritional status of women and children, a transparent and enabling environment is being created that nurtures health, wellness and immunity.
“Poshan Tracker application has been built on latest technology for ensuring real-time monitoring of supplementary nutrition and providing information for prompt supervision and management of services,” said the Ministry, adding that over two crore women benefitted under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana scheme for pregnant women and lactating mothers