- the Modi government's big bang flagship scheme will be `Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' (BBBP), which will help address the country's low child sex ratio.
- The scheme will be launched by PM Narendra Modi on January 22 and will focus on a multi-sectoral approach to tackling the problem of the vanishing girl child.
- The Rs 100-crore scheme is expected to be monitored by the Maneka Gandhi-headed ministry of women and child development (WCD) in coordination with the ministries of health and HRD.
The Objectives -
- To prevent gender biased sex selection by stringent enforcement of laws, especially by strengthening the implementation of PreConception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC&PNDT Act) with strict punishments for violations.
- BBBP will also ensure access and availability of essential requirements related to nutrition, healthcare, education and protection and elimination of discrimination against a girl child which can lead to low self-esteem, lifelong deprivation and exclusion from the mainstream.
- Initiatives will be taken to encourage girls to express their views and to be heard, to help them participate actively , effectively and equally at all levels of social, economic, and political leadership.
Targets of the Scheme -
- A toilet in every girls' school in 100 vulnerable districts.
- An innovation fund at state-level to encourage best practices in improving child sex ratio (CSR) and gender inequities.
- District-level awards to schools strengthening girl child education.
- In a move that brought huge cheer to the markets, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75%.
- The central bank kept the Cash Reserve Ratio ( CRR) unchanged at 4.0%.
Reasons for the Repo Cut :
- Plunging Oil prices in the Global arena and hence in India keeping the Inflation levels in the check.
- WPI increased at the rate of a mere 0.11% as against the expected increase of 0.6%.
- Retail inflation is at 5% as against an expected 5.4%.
- Fiscal deficit target is well in reach at 4.1%.
3. Centre to implement biometric attendance system soon
- The Centre is set to implement Aadhaar-based biometric system for attendance in all government departments and state-owned entities spread across Delhi.
- Department of electronics & information technology (DeitY) has so far implemented Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) in 54 government locations in Delhi that requires fingerprint-based attendance for employees entering into the office premise.
- We are rolling out biometrics attendance system in 394 government organizations and agencies within the Delhi region while 300 of them have actually started working on implementing it.
- India on 15 January 2015 observed the 67th Army Day. The day is celebrated to commemorate the day, when Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K M Cariappa on 15 January 1949 became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army post Independence. He had succeeded General Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander-in-Chief of India.
- To mark the day, all three service chiefs, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Robin K Dhawan and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha paid tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate by laying floral wreath and remembering the martyred soldiers.
- Australian pace bowler Brett Lee on Thursday announced he is to retire from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career.
- The 38-year-old called time on his international commitments in July 2012, but continued to play Twenty20 in both the Australian Big Bash League and the Indian Premier League.
- Lee played 76 Tests for Australia, taking 310 wickets, and 221 one-dayers with 380 dismissals.
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