Beti Bachao Beti Padhao( BBBP)

• launched by the Prime Minister on January 22, 2015, at Panipat in Haryana. 
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministries of Women & Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Resources Development
• twin objectives: to protect a girl child of her right to be born and her right to life, and to empower her with education and life skills.
• also launched the "Sukanya Samriddhi Account" for the benefit of the girl child for her education. The current year’s Budget proposal for 2015-16, gives it a tax break on its accrued annual interest of 9.1%.
• The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore