Book of P Narhari ‘Betiyaan’ hits the stand

A book Betiyaan written by IAS officer P Narhari and Prathviraj Singh is a big hit. It is a small step to acknowledge the efforts of the Indian government and various state governments to secure girl child’s rights in their own society. The book also presents government’s intention to cherish girl children by creating a society san any discrimination and biases. The number of schemes in various states and frequent amendments in them for better adaptability shows the degree of seriousness in policy makers for the issue of gender discrimination. The authors developed this document with the aim of keeping all important schemes and laws in the form of a book so that it will be easily accessible to interested people in comprehensive format. The prominent part of this document is dedicated to schemes similar to Ladli Laxmi Yojna of Madhya Pradesh Government. LLY started in 2007 and its success inspired policy makers of many states to develop a scheme based on a similar Conditional Cash Transfer formula.

Apart from spreading awareness of schemes in a readable format this document will also be a memento to the important efforts taken by various Governments. First part contains all schemes curated for unbiased delivery, nourishment and education of girl children. The effective formula of conditional transfer of cash into the bank account of a girl’s parent on fulfillment of some important life cycle event of a girl’s life, that concludes with lump sum payments at her marriage. This formula first adapted in Ladli Laxmi Yojna of MP and later replicated by around 16 states of India. The second part deals with health-related schemes for girl children. The last part of the book has all recent and important developments in the field of social justice for girls.