Govt Spent Most ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ Funds on Advertisements

Courtesy: The Wire Staff

 

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) on Thursday admitted that a majority of funds allocated to the much-touted Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme was spent on advertisements instead of any concrete work.

Ever since the scheme was launched in 2015, prime minister Narendra Modi has sought to highlight his government’s efforts to step up the girl child’s well-being and education. However, the expenditure figures since 2016, given by the MWCD in the Rajya Sabha, doesn’t match up to the prime minister’s words.

BBBP is one of the most important vehicles for the government to focus on gender critical districts and cities and improve child sex ratio in backward regions. However, much of the government spending has concentrated on advertisements.

 

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