Country is celebrating the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) week from today. <br/><br/>The week is being celebrated in view of the International Girl Child Day on 11th October. <br/><br/>The theme of the program will be "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week- The Daughters of New India.<br/><br/>Secretary Women and Child Development Ministry, Rakesh Srivastava said that the International Girl Child Day is celebrated every year to promote empowerment of girls and reinforce gender equality. <br/><br/>It also provides a platform to raise issues, concerns and challenges faced by girls. In order to influence national and mainstream discourse in favour of girls and women and visibility to BBBP, which is one of the flagship programmes of Government of India, Ministry of WCD will be celebrating the BBBP Week, he explained.<br/><br/>BBBP Scheme was launched by Prime Minister on 22nd January 2015 at Panipat, Haryana as a comprehensive programme to address the declining CSR. <br/><br/>The Scheme is being implemented in 161 districts of the Country and has completed two and half years of its implementation on the ground.