RE: Indian Gov't Asks Gurus for Help Protecting Girl Children

July 31, 2006

Our governemnt only knows to act when the criisis has hit the bottom line.

They donot want to solve a problem nor want to look for a solution. Any

change of government is like a new washing detergent with different label

doing the same job. ONe word is enough to describe them greedy - greedy -

greedy. raji.

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>NEW DELHI (July 30, 2006): Concerned by the diminishing number of girl

>children due to foeticide, the government has turned to spiritual gurus.

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>The union ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has written

>to Sri Sri Ravishankar, Mata Amritanandmayi, Dinkar, Asaram Bapu and

>even popular yoga guru Baba Ramdev to spearhead a campaign to save the

>girl child.

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>The MWCD has also sought help from Radhasoamy Satsang, Nirankari

>Gurukul and Churches of North and South India.

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>"Since religious gurus have a huge following, a campaign by them will

>surely help people change their mindset about having daughters," said

>an official of MWCD.

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>The ministry will go all out to help these spiritual gurus and will

>provide data of boy-girl sex ratio and the population girls/women in

>India that can be used during the discourses.

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>The MWCD will also have a number of special campaigns and schemes in

>the Eleventh Five Year Plan. Under the schemes, poor parents who do

>not resort to foeticide but have no money to bring up their daughters,

>will be given special financial assistance. The government would

>provide crèches where these girl children can be looked after and

>nurtured. The health of the girl child will be monitored by regular

>health check ups.

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>SOURCE: DNA (Daily News & Analysis) India. Govt turns to gurus for

>girl child by Vineeta Pandey Sunday, July 30, 2006 22:35 IST

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