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Title: | Special Financial Incentive Schemes for The Girl Child in India: A Review of Select Schemes |
Authors: | Sekhar, T.V. |
Keywords: | International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai Planning Commission, Government of India, New Delhi United Nations Population Fund Special Financial Incentive Schemes for The Girl Child in India Review of Select Schemes T.V. Sekher Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes Dhanlakshmi Scheme Bhagyalakshmi Scheme Ladli Lakshmi Yojana Girlchild Protection Scheme Ladli Scheme Rajalakshmi Scheme Balikasamrdhi Yojana Beti Hai Anmol Scheme Rakshak Yojana Mukhya Mantrikanya Surakshayojana Mukhya Mantrikanya Vivah Scheme Kunwarbainu Mameru Scheme Indira Gandhibalika Suraksha Yojana Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Yojana Mukhyamantri kanya Surakshayojana Mukhyamantri kanya Vivah Scheme |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | The Planning Commission, Government of India and United Nations Population Fund |
Abstract: | Introduction of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) mechanism is a marked departure from the traditional approaches in social programming. Through provision of financial incentives to poor families following the fulfillment of certain verifiable conditions, CCTs seek to provide short-term income support and at the same time promote long -term behavioural change. CCTs therefore have the potential to become an effective means of channelizing resources to the poor and socially disadvantaged sections; more specifically, girls and women. With persisting gender inequalities in India, the girl child is at a disadvantage and faces discrimination at every stage of her life - sex selection, infanticide, little or no access to education, lack of health care and nutrition and child marriage. The conditionality linked cash transfer attempts to correct such discriminations. |
Description: | 134p. Coloured. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11525 |
Appears in Collections: | Central Government Education Schemes |
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