'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme has been introduced by the Government of India to:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Address the issue of decline in child sex ratio
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao was launched on 22 January 2015 at Panipat, Haryana, mainly to address the declining child sex ratio (the number of girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6 years), which had fallen to 918 in the 2011 Census. It is a joint scheme of the Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare, and Education.
Its aims follow from that: to prevent sex-selective elimination of girls, to ensure their survival and protection, and to ensure their education and participation. Education and protection are parts of the scheme, but they grow out of its main concern, the falling number of girls.