**Executive Summary**
The Government of India has implemented a multi-pronged approach to address the educational, social, and economic empowerment of girls through various revamped schemes. Key initiatives like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been expanded to all districts for the 15th Finance Commission period (2021-22 to 2025-26) to improve the Child Sex Ratio and foster a cultural shift. Recent third-party evaluations by NITI Aayog in 2020 and 2025 have confirmed the relevance and effectiveness of these interventions.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Social Empowerment and Advocacy**
* **Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP):** Now a component of the 'Sambal' sub-scheme of Mission Shakti, it aims to change mindsets regarding the girl child through multi-sectoral interventions.
* **National Movement:** The initiative has transitioned from a policy to a movement involving government agencies, media, and civil society to address gender-based discrimination.
**Educational Initiatives**
* **Samagra Shiksha:** An integrated school education scheme (Pre-school to Class XII) focusing on the National Education Policy 2020, foundational literacy, and bridging gender gaps.
* **Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV):** Provides residential schooling for girls aged 10-18 from marginalized communities (SC, ST, OBC, minority) and BPL families.
* **Vigyan Jyoti Programme:** Encourages girls from Class IX to XII to pursue STEM fields through counseling, academic support, and visits to scientific institutions.
**Economic Independence and Skill Development**
* **Skill India Mission:** Offers vocational training and comprehensive skill development through Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras under PMKVY.
* **Employment Boosting Schemes:** Includes Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India, Startup India, and the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
* **Livelihood Missions:** DAY-NRLM (rural) and NULM (urban) utilize self-help groups to transform the landscape for women’s employment and self-employment.
* **Targeted Programs:** Specific initiatives such as Namo Drone Didi, Lakhpati Didi, and WISE-KIRAN focus on improving employability and research opportunities for women.
**Impact Analysis**
**Girls and Students**
**Impact**
They benefit from improved access to residential education, financial and academic support for STEM careers, and foundational learning under revamped educational frameworks.
**Action Required**
Eligible students should engage with counseling sessions, vocational training, and residential schooling facilities provided under Samagra Shiksha and KGBV.
**Women and Self-Help Groups (SHGs)**
**Impact**
These stakeholders gain economic independence through skill development and access to credit for self-employment and entrepreneurship.
**Action Required**
Women should utilize the training provided by PMKVY and leverage financial schemes like Mudra or Stand-UP India to establish or expand their livelihood activities.
**Government Agencies and Civil Society**
**Impact**
Agencies are mobilized to implement multi-sectoral interventions that address the Child Sex Ratio and broader gender-based discrimination.
**Action Required**
Stakeholders must continue to coordinate on ground-level activities and ensure the effective delivery of the Mission Shakti components across all districts.
Key Entities Referenced
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP): A flagship scheme aimed at addressing the Child Sex Ratio and empowering girls through behavioral change and multi-sectoral interventions.
Mission Shakti: An umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development for the safety, security, and empowerment of women, which includes the BBBP scheme.
Samagra Shiksha: An integrated school education scheme from pre-school to Class XII that supports the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and the Right to Education Act, 2009.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM): A rural development program that empowers women through self-help groups to enhance employment and self-employment opportunities.
Skill India Mission: A national initiative providing comprehensive skill development and vocational training to ensure economic independence for women.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Government has adopted multi-pronged
approach to address educational, social and
economic empowerment of girls
Posted On: 27 MAR 2026 12:13PM by PIB Delhi
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao helps to address Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and attendant issue of empowerment of
girls and women. The scheme tries to create mindset and behavioural changes towards the girl child by
informing, influencing, motivating, engaging, and empowering various stakeholders. The BBBP scheme
has been revamped in the 15th Finance Commission Period, i.e. 2021-22 to 2025-26 and is now a
component of Sambal Sub scheme of Mission Shakti. BBBP has been expanded to cover all the districts of
the country through multi-sectoral interventions encouraging greater spend on activities that have on
ground impact.
These initiatives under BBBP have established an excellent recall value and has transformed from a policy
initiative into a national movement by mobilizing various stakeholders, including government agencies,
media, civil society, and the public at large. This movement aims not only to address immediate concerns
related to Sex Ratio at Birth and gender-based discrimination but also to foster a cultural shift towards
valuing the girl child and ensuring her rights and opportunities
Two third-party evaluations of the schemes of the Ministry, including Mission Shakti Umbrella scheme
and its components relating to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao have been conducted in 2020 and again in 2025
through NITI Aayog. The studies have found the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of the scheme
as satisfactory.
The Government gives utmost priority to the safety, security and empowerment of girls across the country.
To this end, the Government has adopted multi-pronged approach to address the educational, social and
economic empowerment of girls.
Samagra Shiksha is an integrated scheme for school education from pre-school to class XII, supporting the
implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and the Right to Education Act, 2009. It
emphasizes early childhood care and education, foundational literacy and numeracy, a holistic and
inclusive curriculum, enhancing learning outcomes, bridging social and gender gaps, and ensuring equity
and inclusion at all education levels.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) scheme seeks to bridge gender and social category gaps in
school education by providing residential schooling facilities for girls up to Class XII. Under the scheme,
the girls in the age group of 10-18 years from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Other
Backward Class (OBC), minority communities, and BPL families are covered.
Vigyan Jyoti Programme encourages girls to pursue education and careers in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics) fields to improve gender balance. It targets meritorious girls from Class IX to
Class XII and includes student-parent counselling, career counselling, additional academic supportclasses, tinkering activities, special lectures, visits to scientific institutions, labs, industries, and science
camps and workshops.
With the objective of ensuring economic independence for girls, the Government has launched the Skill
India Mission to provide comprehensive skill development and vocational training. Government has also
set up the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana across the
country. Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY), skill and vocational training is provided
to women.
Government has taken various initiatives/measures to boost employment opportunities in the country,
including for women like Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY), Stand-UP India Scheme, Startup India,
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen
Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), Rural Self Employment and Training Institutes (RSETIs), Production
Linked Incentive, etc.
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), under which women
self-help groups are changing the rural landscape for employment and self-employment. Similarly,
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) is for urban areas.
Government is also implementing women centric schemes such as Namo Drone Didi, Lakhpati Didi,
Women in Science and Engineering- KIRAN (WISE-KIRAN), SERB-POWER (Promoting Opportunities
for Women in Exploratory Research), etc. for improving the employability of women.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development Smt. Savitri
Thakur in Lok Sabha in reply to a question.
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