What does 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' policy aim to improve?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Child Sex Ratio
Option (3) Child Sex Ratio — Correct. A gender-just society rests on two factors: educated women with multiple roles and an improved sex ratio. ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ works for both: ‘save the daughter’ aims at more girls surviving, and ‘educate the daughter’ at their schooling. The need is plain from the figures: the child sex ratio (0-6 years) fell to 919 in the 2011 Census.
Note: The book names ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ and the need for an improved sex ratio, but not the ratio the scheme aims at; since the scheme is about saving and educating the girl child, that ratio is the child sex ratio.
NCERT (2025-26): “Post 1947 … The idea of gender-just society is based upon two important factors — educated women with multiple roles and improved sex ratio. The programme of the Government of India, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana is an important effort in the actualisation of a gender-just society.…” |