Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save Girl Child,
Educate Girl Child) is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate
awareness and improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant
for women.
India Post released a commemorative postage
stamp to mark the launch of 'Beti Bachao - Beti Padhao' scheme, a flagship
initiative to address issues that affect women, and also reverse the trend of
an adverse and declining Child Sex Ratio. The stamp was released by Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi at the function organized to launch the Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao programme. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for
Communications & IT, Smt. Menaka Gandhi, Hon'ble Minister for Women and
Child Development, Shri K.P. Solanki, H.E. Governor of Haryana and Shri Manohar
Lal Khattar, Hon'ble CM of Haryana and Film Actress Madhuri Dixit, who has been
made the Brand Ambassador of the campaign were present at the function.
