AMRAVATI: "The male female ratio in the state is on a declining mode and it is a matter of concern. Before it assumes catastrophic proportion, the slide has to be arrested. To achieve this public awareness about female foeticide has to be created," said state woman and child welfare minister Varsha Gaekwad.
She was addressing a programme organized to inaugurate Indira Gandhi Matrutva Sahayog Yojana in Amravati and seminar organized by Bharatiya Utkarsha Manch.
"In today's world, women have made good strides in all spheres of social strata, but the decline in the number of girls is a worrying factor," she said, adding, "The state government is taking all steps to bridge the gap."
She said that under Indira Gandhi Matrutva Sahayog Yojana a pregnant woman would get aid of Rs 4,000 for medicines and nutritious food. Around 24,000 women would get benefit of the scheme in Amravati, she said. The yojana will be implemented in Amravati city.
With a view to provide nutritious food to adolescent girls, state government will be implementing Sabla scheme in 11 districts of Maharashtra including Amravati. Gaekwad informed that 16 lakh adolescent girls will get benefit of the Sabla scheme. Of these nearly 1.29 lakh beneficiaries are from Amravati.
The minister said that along with nutritious food, the girls will get vocational training and professional skills through this scheme.
source : declining male female ratio
She was addressing a programme organized to inaugurate Indira Gandhi Matrutva Sahayog Yojana in Amravati and seminar organized by Bharatiya Utkarsha Manch.
"In today's world, women have made good strides in all spheres of social strata, but the decline in the number of girls is a worrying factor," she said, adding, "The state government is taking all steps to bridge the gap."
She said that under Indira Gandhi Matrutva Sahayog Yojana a pregnant woman would get aid of Rs 4,000 for medicines and nutritious food. Around 24,000 women would get benefit of the scheme in Amravati, she said. The yojana will be implemented in Amravati city.
With a view to provide nutritious food to adolescent girls, state government will be implementing Sabla scheme in 11 districts of Maharashtra including Amravati. Gaekwad informed that 16 lakh adolescent girls will get benefit of the Sabla scheme. Of these nearly 1.29 lakh beneficiaries are from Amravati.
The minister said that along with nutritious food, the girls will get vocational training and professional skills through this scheme.
source : declining male female ratio
Sikh principles believe that all men and women are completely equal. Therefore, a woman is a princess and can lead her own life as an individual, equal to man. She does not need a man's title to raise her own status. Saying this would go against the principles stated in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the religious screipture of the script. Guru Nanak Dev Ji states:
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Bẖand jammī▫ai bẖand nimmī▫ai bẖand mangaṇ vī▫āhu.
From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married.
ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਭੰਡਹੁ ਚਲੈ ਰਾਹੁ ॥
Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come.
ਭੰਡੁ ਮੁਆ ਭੰਡੁ ਭਾਲੀਐ ਭੰਡਿ ਹੋਵੈ ਬੰਧਾਨੁ ॥
Bẖand mu▫ā bẖand bẖālī▫ai bẖand hovai banḏẖān.
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound.
ਸੋ ਕਿਉ ਮੰਦਾ ਆਖੀਐ ਜਿਤੁ ਜੰਮਹਿ ਰਾਜਾਨ ॥
So ki▫o manḏā ākẖī▫ai jiṯ jamėh rājān.
So why call her bad? From her, kings are born.
ਭੰਡਹੁ ਹੀ ਭੰਡੁ ਊਪਜੈ ਭੰਡੈ ਬਾਝੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
Bẖandahu hī bẖand ūpjai bẖandai bājẖ na ko▫e.
From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.
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