National Girl Child Day in India is celebrated on January 24 every year. The day was an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2008. The objective behind celebrating the National Girl Child Day is to provide support and opportunities to the girls of India. It also aims towards promoting awareness about the rights of the girl child and to increase awareness on the importance of girl education, and their health and nutrition. The government also launched Beti Bachao Beti padhao scheme, in 2015. It is a large scale awareness programme that aims to reduce the preference for male children and empower girls through education. It is a tri-ministerial, convergent effort of Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Education with a focus on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mindsets, multi-sectoral action in districts enabling girls' education and effective enforcement of Pre-Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act. The scheme conducts activities at the district-level such as communication campaigns via radio in regional languages, SMS and social media messaging, and regular monitoring of gender outcomes. And to analyse the achievements of this scheme .

Anchor- Kriti Mishra

Vedeika Shekhar, Associate, women and child development division,
NITI AAYOG

Rekha Aggarwal, Advocate Supreme Court