National celebrates National Girl Child Day today

New Delhi: Today is National Girl Child Day. The day is celebrated every year on 24th January. The objective behind celebrating the National Girl Child Day is to provide all support and opportunities to the girls of the country. It also aims towards promoting awareness about the rights of the girl child and to increase awareness on the importance of girls’ education, and their health and nutrition.

Gender discrimination is a major problem that girls or women face throughout their life. National Girl Child Day was first initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The main focus is on changing society’s attitude towards girls, decreasing female feticide, and creating awareness about the decreasing sex ratio. 

The government has taken several steps over the years to improve the conditions of girls and has started several campaigns and programmes. These are Save the Girl Child, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Sukanya Samriddhi



Yojana, CBSE Udaan Scheme, Reservation for women in colleges and universities, and National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education.

Ministry of Culture will organize Rangoli Utsav ‘Umang' as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. In the event, it is proposed that the participating teams will make Rangoli decorations for about one kilometer of length on the roads and squares that have been named after the female freedom fighters or the female role models of the country. The rangoli decorations are being done at more than 50 locations across the country. 

The Ministry said, it will be a great opportunity to celebrate the Girl Child Day and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav through this event. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture, and achievements.