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State level Mega Event under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Programme organised

Chandigarh, Jan 24 (UNI) During a State Level Mega Event under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Programme organised to commemorate the National Girl Child Day on Friday in Panchkula, Haryana Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Kamlesh Dhanda said that besides educating the daughters, they should also be involved in other activities so that they could bring laurels to the state and country as well.
The Minister said that the government has implemented many schemes to empower the women and they have not been only becoming self-independent by availing benefits of such schemes, but they have also been contributing in building a strong society.
She said that the sex ratio was 830 in 2015 which has been increased to 923 in 2020 after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Beti Bachao Beti Padhao program in 2015. She said that the government have been running one-stop centre scheme which have been providing assistance to the victims of domestic violence.
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