Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: In a bid to sensitise people towards the concerns of girl child, the government on Thursday announced to introduce a new scheme called `Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao`.
The scheme will help in generating awareness and improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore.
In his maiden Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the government would focus on campaigns to sensitise people of this country towards the concerns of the girl child and women.
He added that the process of sensitisation must begin early and therefore the school curriculum must have a separate chapter on gender mainstreaming.
Sharing the concerns of the members on Women’s safety, the Finance Minister further informed the Lok Sabha that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will spend Rs 50 crore on pilot testing a scheme for Safety of Women on Public Road Transport.
Similarly, the Ministry of Home Affairs will spend Rs 150 crore on a scheme to increase the safety of women in large cities.
Jaitley also proposed to set up Crisis Management Centres at all government and private hospitals in all the districts of NCT of Delhi this year.
The funding will be provided from the Nirbhaya Fund, the minister added.
