Business
Standard: Jind: Wednesday, 06 January 2016.
The state
government has spent almost Rs 12 crore on the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme
since it was launched at Panipat in January last year, according to official
reply to an RTI query.
Replying to
an RTI query filed by INLD MLA Naina Chautala the state government said a sum
of Rs 11,79,09,288 has been spent by the Centre and the state on government and
private events related to 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme till now in Haryana.
The
government report said that Centre had released a sum of Rs 2 crore for the
two-day inaugural workshop on 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme in Panipat on
Janury 21 and 22 last year.
The inaugural
function and the two-ay workshop was attended by representatives of 27 states.
Later in the
year the Centre released Rs 2.23 crore to the state for the implementation of
the scheme, the report said.
The
government has chosen the Ministry of Women and Child Development as the nodal
ministry for the implementation of the scheme with the Health and the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry assisting it.
According to
the report the Ministry of Women and Child Development spent Rs 3.55 Crore in
the first phase of the inaugural programme.
In the same
programme the department of education spent Rs 44.25 lakh whereas Rs 2.74 crore
were spent on the publicity of the scheme by the department concerned. The
department of health spent nearly Rs 15 lakh, the report said.
Also in 'call
for action' programme held on July 21, 2015 to popularise the scheme, by
Population Services International with the help of the government, different
government departments spent nearly Rs 66.5 lakh, the report said.
Bollywood
actor Parineeti Chopra was also invited for the 'call for action' programme at
Gurgaon.
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