Awareness programme on BBBP held
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIO

Kakching, February 24 2025: The district administration in collaboration with the District Programme Officer (DPO), ICDS Cell, Kakching, organised an awareness programme and plantation drive to commemorate the 10th anniversary of "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (BBBP) scheme at Pangantabi Makha Leikai community hall on Monday.

The programme aims to raise awareness on gender equality, protection and education of the girl child and the legal provisions under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, 1994 to curb sex-selection.

Awareness programme on BBBP held

The programme was attended by Kakching CMO Dr Thaodem Rajen Singh as chief guest, Moirangthem Amu-bi Devi as guest of honour, and Kakching DPO/CDPO Ningthoujam Parango Singh as functional president.

As resource persons of the programme district public health nursing officer Wairokpam Hemabati spoke on PC-PNDT Act, 1994 which bans sex selection before or after conception.

She explained how the Act regulates pre-natal diagnostic techniques to detect genetic and metabolic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities and congenital malformations and to prevent sex determination leading to female foeticide.

As a part of the programme, supervisor Moirangthem Bimola spoke about skill development and awareness convergence with Department of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, stressing the importance of vocational training for self-reliance as Nandita Ngangbam, in her keynote ad -dress, explained the objectives of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme, an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that focuses on preventing gender-biased sex selection, ensuring the survival and protection of the girl child, promoting education and empowerment.

A total of 160 participants, including adolescent girls, attended the awareness programme during which gift items were distributed to 78 adolescent girls.

As a part of the programme, a plantation drive was also conducted by the officials at Pangantabi Makha Leikai.