{"id":30732,"date":"2018-10-26T17:58:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30732"},"modified":"2018-10-26T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:28:50","slug":"female-foeticide-a-shame-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/female-foeticide-a-shame-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Female foeticide a shame: Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/female-foeticide-a-shame-modi\/article22988600.ece\"><b>Female foeticide a shame: Modi<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> March inaugurated the expanded \u201cBeti Bachao Beti Padhao\u201d programme in Rajasthan\u2019s Jhunjhunu district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Details:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister also launched the National Nutrition Mission, aimed at improving nutrition levels of women and children and reducing low birth weight by 2% each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Addressing the function organised on International Women\u2019s Day, Prime Minister Modi said people should change their mindset towards the girl child in order to bring equality between men and women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further added that female foeticide is a matter of \u201cdeep shame\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He praised the Jhunjhunu district for registering a significant improvement in child sex ratio.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Indradhanush Immunisation Programme:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister also highlighted the significance of proper nutrition among children and described the changes in the lives of women and children brought about by the Indradhanush immunisation programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cBeti Bachao Beti Padhao\u201d programme is the Union government\u2019s social campaign to create awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services intended for girls<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been expanded from the existing 161 to 640 districts of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier, PM. Modi had interacted with women and their children and gave awards to Collectors of various districts for their performance under the \u201cBeti Bachao Beti Padhao\u201d programme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The districts included Sikar and Jhunjhunu of Rajasthan, Tarn Taran (Punjab), Sonipat (Haryana), Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) and Raigarh (Chhattisgarh).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Trafficking of women<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has said the government was planning to introduce a Bill for preventing trafficking of women and children.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female foeticide a shame: Modi Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th March inaugurated the expanded \u201cBeti Bachao Beti Padhao\u201d programme in Rajasthan\u2019s Jhunjhunu district. Details: Prime Minister also launched the National Nutrition Mission, aimed at improving nutrition levels of women and children and reducing low birth weight by 2% each year. 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