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Govt Spent Most 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' Funds on Advertisements

-TheWire.in

Government spending on advertisements has used up between 65% and 91% of the scheme's funds since 2016.

New Delhi: 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 ministry in the Rajya Sabha, doesn’t match up to the prime minister’s words.

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