Bangaru Talli 'll enhance status of girl child: CM

Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed officials to work out guidelines and implementation mechanism for a newly-launched scheme, which focuses on the overall growth of a girl child.

The Chief Minister held a review meeting on 'Bangaru Talli' scheme here with ministers K Jana Reddy, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, Pithani Satyannarayana, SSailajanath, D Manikya Vara Prasad, Suneetha Lakshma Reddy and others.
The move comes in the wake of some ruling Congress leaders expressing dissatisfaction over the way the scheme was announced and sought to be implemented.
Reddy said the objectives of 'Bangaru Talli' scheme is to enhance the social status of the girl child, delay age of marriage, ensure registration of birth, immunisation, anganwadi enrolment for better nutrition and improving the girl's educational standard, an official release said.
The 'Bangaru Talli' scheme seeks to achieve these objectives by cash transfer on achieving the conditions of institutional deliveries, birth registration, complete immunisation, enrolment in anganwadis and studying up to graduation.
The Chief Minister also expressed concern at the adverse child-sex ratio in Andhra Pradesh which has deteriorated from 962 in 2001 to 943 in 2011, the release added.
PTI