Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is a tri-ministerial initiative targeting the declining Child Sex Ratio by combining targeted behavioral change advocacy with multi-sectoral interventions in health and education.

• It addresses deep-rooted socio-cultural biases against the female child by integrating survival, protection, and educational access into a single policy continuum.
• It reflects a shift in social welfare architecture from purely financial transfers toward administrative convergence and community-led behavioral change.
• It serves as a key reference point for evaluating district-level implementation capacity and inter-departmental coordination in gender-sensitive governance.

In GS Paper II, UPSC frequently frames questions around the efficacy of campaign-driven social engineering versus structural legal enforcement in addressing gender disparities. Examiners assess a candidate's ability to critically analyze implementation bottlenecks, such as expenditure allocation between media campaigns and grassroots welfare delivery. Questions may also ask candidates to evaluate its synergy with legislative frameworks like the PC-PNDT Act to propose institutional improvements.

• Role of women and women’s organizations, population issues, poverty GS1
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections GS2

• Ayushman Bharat
• Blue Revolution
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY)
• Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Cooperation
• Integrated Scheme on Agricultural Marketing
• MGNREGA
• Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture
• National Food Security Mission
• National Health Mission
• National Livestock Mission
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
• National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm
• National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture
• National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)
• National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
• National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)
• Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
• PMAY
• Poshan Abhiyaan
• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)
• Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• Price Stabilization Fund
• Rashtriya Gokul Mission
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
• Skill India Mission
• Soil Health Card Scheme