-The Indian Express A new wall graffiti can be seen that is going viral on social media owing to its regressive content. Several people on social media are putting up photos of the wall graffiti and criticising it. In its bid to protect girls, the message reads, "Kaise khaoge unke haath ki rotiya, jab paida hone nahi doge betiyan." New Delhi: Almost all us are aware of beti bachao, beti padhao,...
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Stillborn scheme -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline.in An audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India comes down heavily on the Haryana government for its lax implementation of the Beti Bachao scheme. NOTWITHSTANDING the tall claims made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the social and economic sectors (for the year ending 2016) of the Haryana government has revealed huge gaps...
More »Jhunjhunu goes from worst sex ratio to the best in Rajasthan -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The 2011 census brought Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan the ignominy of being the district with the lowest sex ratio of 837 girls per 1,000 boys among 33 districts of the state. Seven years on, the district is being hailed as a model with the sex ratio at birth (SRB) touching an impressive 955 girls per 1,000 boys. It is from here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will...
More »Budget 2018: Will Women Really Be Better Off at the End of This Fiscal? -Barkha Deva
-TheWire.in In the gender Budget, the Modi government has not done much more than pay lip service to policies that impact women. Soon after the Union Budget was presented, the PMO tweeted Modi as saying: “Special emphasis has been given on women empowerment in the Budget.” A high-voltage communication campaign followed highlighting key proposals for women, including an increase in commitments for the Ujjwala scheme to provide free gas connections to eight crore...
More »Haryana witnesses highest ever increase in sex-ratio --- 914 girls on 1000 boys -Ajay Sura
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: For the first time, Haryana claimed to have logged the highest ever sex ratio of 914 girls against 1,000 boys in 2017. It was 900 in 2016 and 876 in 2015. As per the date, released by the state government on Saturday, out of the 5,09,290 children born in the state from January to December 2017, there were 2, 66,064 boys and 2,43,226 girls witnessing the improvement...
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