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National Girl Child Day is observed in India on:

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Answer: Option B — 24 January

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National Girl Child Day is observed in India every year on 24 January.

About National Girl Child Day:

  • It was started in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
  • The date is linked to 24 January 1966, when Indira Gandhi was sworn in as India's first woman Prime Minister.

Its aims are:

  • To raise awareness about the inequalities faced by girls in Indian society.
  • To promote the rights of the girl child, including education, health, nutrition and protection.
  • To improve the declining child sex ratio and fight against female foeticide, child marriage and gender discrimination.
  • To change negative attitudes towards girls.

Related government initiatives:

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP): launched on 22 January 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panipat, Haryana. It is a joint initiative of the Ministries of Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare, and Education.

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: a small savings scheme for a girl child under 10 years, launched in 2015 as part of BBBP.

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994: bans sex determination of the foetus.

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006: the legal age of marriage is 18 for women and 21 for men.

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

Child sex ratio:

  • According to the 2011 Census, India's child sex ratio (age 0-6) was 918 girls per 1,000 boys, the lowest since independence.
  • The overall sex ratio in 2011 was 943 females per 1,000 males.
  • Kerala had the highest overall sex ratio (1,084), and Haryana had the lowest (879).

Other related days:

  • International Day of the Girl Child: 11 October.
  • International Women's Day: 8 March.
  • Children's Day (India): 14 November.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗11 October is the International Day of the Girl Child.
  • ✗8 March is International Women's Day.
  • ✗14 November is Children's Day in India.

Quick tip

Remember: National Girl Child Day = 24 January (since 2008; Indira Gandhi sworn in as PM on 24 January 1966); International Day of the Girl Child = 11 October; BBBP = 22 January 2015, Panipat.

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