GS2 · 15 marks · 250 words

To what extent has the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme, launched in 2015, succeeded in addressing the declining child sex ratio and empowering the girl child? Suggest measures to enhance its impact at the grassroots level.

Answered by 11 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Welfare SchemesWomen and GenderVulnerable SectionsPolicy Design and Implementation

Syllabus: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.

How toppers approached it

From all 11 answers · about 210 words · 82% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A date or context36%
  • No separate opening36%
  • A figure9%
  • A definition9%

Body

  • Points and prose82%
  • Points18%

Close

  • A way forward55%
  • No separate close18%
  • A summary18%
  • A quotation9%

The toppers’ answers

Zinnia AuroraAIR 6 · CSE 2025 · 174 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

The Preamble establishes an India where 'equality' and 'justice' are foundations values - applied to the gender empowerment dynamic via BBBP.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
- BBBP - nudges for social acceptance of all genders - incentives to ensure girl child rights - creation of media campaigns for social behaviour alteration

Effectiveness High

  1. Decline in Child Sex Ratio addressed across states
  • Haryana saw immediate rise in CSR to 962.
Diagram
- Map of India showing a shaded region in the north-west part of India, indicating Haryana state.
  1. Rising girl child enrollment rate
Diagram
- Girl symbol > Boy symbol - primary education GER

  1. Culling of 'pipeline leakages'

    • increased STEM participation of women
    • ISRO teams.

  2. Social media: social preference acceptance display

    • #Meri Beti Meri Pehchaan

  3. Rising benefits across states due to BBBP success

    • Eg. Delhi's scholarship programme

  4. Empowerment via educational excellence

    • Higher % of girls scoring above 90% in CBSE boards.

Issues persist

  1. Higher financial expense on advertisement than campaigns and tangible infrastructur.

  2. Focus on girl child, still presence of female foeticide

    • cases in Faridabad, Haryana.

  3. Behavioural rigidity towards son-meta preference (Economic survey)

  4. Rising cases of domestic violence (NCRB)

  5. Gender injustice: judicial laxity in POCSO courts

    • vacancies persist

Measures

Diagram
- Measures - Higher education impetus - Provision of role model stories (e.g. Sofiya Qureshi + Collectivised development model -> SHGs) - Provision of scholarships -> girl child in STEM field - Care economy formalisation - Social campaign with BBBP 2.0 -> agential autonomy focus

Close · a summary

BBBP was a trailblazer campaign with enhanced social focus but can aid in reaping gender dividend.

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