Summary:
"The day is being celebrated with the objective of raising the consciousness of the society towards the girl child so that they are valued and respected. Thereafter, it increased to 944 during April 2016 to December 2016.Jhunjhunu is one of the 14 districts of the state which are covered under Centre's Beti Bacho Beti Padhao. From April 2015 to March 2016, the sex ratio at birth in Jhunjhunu was 903. Nationally, 161 districts are covered under BBBP.Richa Khoda, commissioner, women empowerment, said, "Selection of Jhunjhunu as one of the 10 best performing districts under BBBP in the country has come as an encouragement for us. "According to the officials in Jhunjhunu, various initiatives were taken like planting samplings on birth of girl child, sending greetings to parents on birth of girl child, oath taking ceremonies were organised in schools, in government offices awareness was spread on the importance of girl child..