Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ programme, a key scheme that aims to address the dipping child sex ratio and empower girl child in the country, from Panipat in Haryana on January 22, the State government has decided to have Union Ministers and Haryana Minister flag off promotional yatras from different districts on January 17 and 18.
The aim of the scheme is to check the declining sex ratio in the State and across the country and correct the imbalance.
According to the 2011 Census, the number of females per 1,000 males in Haryana in 2011 was just 879.
