The “happy outcome” of the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ Scheme as claimed by the Minister in the PIB press release dated January 22, 2019, is in direct contradiction with what the Government of India claimed on the floor of the House in response to Unstarred Question number 4114 answered on 04.01.19 in the Lok Sabha.
In response to, “whether the scheme has failed due to lack of policy implementation, ineffective monitoring mechanisms and diversion of funds”, the Government said that it has conducted no impact assessment of the scheme and is solely relying on the HMIS data for improvement in sex ratio.
To put it simply, the Government has itself said that there is nothing to prove that the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme has been the cause of this improvement in sex ratio.
