The Indian government says it will reward girls from single child families with free education and other benefits.
The move is intended to bolster India’s dwindling female population and help promote population control.
Under the plan, education for such girls will be made free at secondary level. They will also be given scholarships for postgraduate study.
The government says the policy will apply to all schools and colleges, both government and privately run.
The government says it wants to change society’s perception of girls.
It hopes the new move will bring down the strong preference for sons in the country, which it says is adding to population pressure with families producing more children in the hope of a male child.
The desire for male children often also leads to selective abortions and discrimination against girls.
India, with a population of over one billion, has only 933 women per thousand men according to the 2001 census.
Offtimes, sorting out cultural and religious problems in a nation — requires secular solutions. The political questions are more often ruled by how long it takes to get round to it rather than whether or not it gets done.
Well, they could start by calling them women – not girls.
(Sheesh.)
“The move is intended to bolster India’s dwindling female population and help promote population control.”
Enforcing laws against the MURDER of girls and women would be a good step in that direction too!
Imafish, the population will be contolled by the lack of females. Duh.
How about banning abortion which is disproportionately against women? Right now, doctors aren’t allowed to report gender during pregnancies.
The millions of missing girls in (mostly) Asia is the huge untold scandal of our generation.
Something massive and evil is going on but it is hard to get real facts. Some people put the missing figure at 100,000,000 females! But who really knows? All I really know is that this gives me the creeps and I think the media and governments are dropping the ball.