24 January National Girl Child Day
The National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India every year on January 24. It was started by t he Ministry of Women and Child Developmen t and the Government of India in 2008 National Girl Child Day aims towards promoting awareness about the rights of the girl child and to increase awareness on the importance of girl education, and their health and nutrition. Several campaigns and programs such as Save the Girl Child, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, free or subsidized education for the girl children, reservations for women in colleges and universities have been initiated to reduce this discrimination. Earlier the theme of ‘Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow ‘ . The NGCD 2021 is being celebrated across the nation with objectives of generating awareness on the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and create a positive environment around valuing the girl child. The celebrations also marked the anniversary of Be...