The funds released to the State of Punjab during last three years for implementation of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme is as under:

 

Sl. No.	Year	Funds released (Rs. lakh)
1	2015-16	385.26
2	2016-17	-
3	2017-18	510.99

 

11 districts have been selected from State of Punjab for Multi sectoral intervention under BBBP in Phase-I, during 2014-15. The Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) as per Health Management Information System (HMIS) data of MoH&FW for the year 2014-15, 2015-16 & 2016-17 of these districts are as under:

 

S.N.	Number of Districts Punjab	2014-15(APR-MARCH)	2015-16(APR-MARCH)	2016-17(APR-MARCH)
1	Tarn Taran	874	880	889
2	Gurdaspur	879	866	881
3	Amritsar	897	909	892
4	Muktsar	899	896	889
5	Mansa	857	925	894
6	Patiala	847	866	890
7	Sangrur	864	848	879
8	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	955	936	910
9	Fatehgarh Sahib	873	889	928
10	Barnala	855	836	893
11	Firozpur	876	859	871

 

9 districts have been selected from State of Punjab for 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 are as under:

S.N.	Number of Districts Punjab	2015-16(APR-MARCH)	2016-17(APR-MARCH)
1	Faridkot	899	909
2	Bathinda	885	888
3	Ludhiana	881	935
4	Moga	919	928
5	Rupnagar	920	927
6	Hoshiarpur	905	914
7	Kapurthala	884	905
8	Jalandhar	919	892
9	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	918	904

 

 

The above Information was given by Minister of State for Women and Child Development, DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR in reply to an Unstarred Question in the Rajya Sabha, yesterday.

 

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