Haryana government is taking the problem of a skewed sex ratio seriously, and working towards changing it.

In another initiative to encourage girl children in the state, the Haryana Education Department has sent invitations to families with infant girls for Republic Day events in their localities, where they will be seated in front rows.

Now, that is sweet!

More than two lakh families have been invited for events in schools in various villages. And guess what?

The invitations are in the name of the girl child.

The village's most educated girl will hoist the flag at the Republic Day events across villages. She will also remain a member of the school management committee for one year.

The invitations were sent after looking at the records of children born between January and December last year. Such an initiative is taken to give girls a place of pride in the family.

"We wanted to make the parents feel that it was because of their daughters they were receiving respect. We want the perception about the girl child to change," said an official of the Education Department.

Good thinking, sir!



A total of Haryana's 12 districts are among the 100 worst selected under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme.