Minister of State for Women and Child Development Dr. Virendra Kumar on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that About Rs 10 crore was released to Punjab during the last three years for the implementation of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme.
These funds were released during the year of 2015- 16, 2016-17, and 2017-18. According to the minister reply shared with the media on Friday, 11 districts of Punjab were selected for multi-sectoral intervention under BBBP in Phase-I, during 2014-15.
Those 11 districts were – Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Muktsar, Patiala, Sangrur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur and Barnanla.
Whereas 9 districts have been selected from State of Punjab Multi-sectoral intervention under BBBP in Phase-II, during 2015-16. The SRB as per HMIS data, MoH&FW for the year 2015-16 & 2016-17 of these districts includes Faridkot, Bathinda, Ludhiana, Moga,
Rupnagar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, and Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar.
According to the Press Release, ₹385.26 were released in the Financial Year 2015-16 while ₹510.99 were released in the Financial Year 2017-18.
