{"id":30731,"date":"2018-10-26T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30731"},"modified":"2018-10-26T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:29:09","slug":"ringing-in-change-government-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ringing-in-change-government-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringing in change, government style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/ringing-in-change-government-style\/article22985628.ece\"><b>Ringing in change, government style<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All government employees in Samba district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir have been directed to download the \u201cBeti Bachao, Beti Padhao\u201d ringtone on their Jio mobile numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order came from the office of Deputy Commissioner on February 23, who demanded that a compliance report be filed within 24 hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government is in talks with Airtel and Vodafone for similar ringtones but the memo mentions only one service provider.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> According to the Deputy Commissioner, the decision had been taken to make the campaign message widespread, and to \u201cput a thrust on having a girl child\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ringtone has also been sung in local Dogri language<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Major Gender-related Issues in Jammu and Kashmir:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High mortality rate among women in Jammu and Kashmir due to poor access to the healthcare and healthy food intake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing incidences of female foeticide and poor mechanism to stop sex determination in advance<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Way ahead:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downloading ringtones may help in sensitisation to some extent<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the real solution lies by working on the causes leading to the skewed male-female ratio. Government intervention is needed to tackle the major issues<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Additional Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> \u201cBeti Bachao-Beti Padhao\u201d Programme:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched \u201cBeti Bachao-Beti Padhao\u201d (Save girl child-Educate girl child) campaign in January 2015 to address the declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sex Ratio in India:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the 2011 census, the adult sex ratio in India is 940 females for every 1000 males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The child sex ratio (of children between the ages 0 and 6 years) is far worse at 914 females for every 1000 males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figures for Jammu and Kashmir are well below the national average with only 883 females for every 1000 males.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ringing in change, government style Context: All government employees in Samba district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir have been directed to download the \u201cBeti Bachao, Beti Padhao\u201d ringtone on their Jio mobile numbers. 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