Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launches Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign

PANIPAT, INDIA - JANUARY 22: (L-R) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda, Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani, Minister of Statics And Programe Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh at launch of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme on January 22, 2015 in Panipat, India. The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign, which means Save the girl child, educate the girl child, aims to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) through a mass campaign across the country targeted at changing societal mindsets and creating awareness about the criticality of the issue. (Photo by Ravi Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)