National girl child day is celebrated every year on 24th of January as a national observance day for the girl child. This celebration was started to offer more supports and new opportunities to the girls in the country. It is celebrated to increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities faced by the girl child in the society. Inequality about girl child is a vast problem which includes many areas like inequality in education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, protection, honour, child marriage etc. courtesy: http://www.indiacelebrating.com/events/national-girl-child-day/
To commemorate National Girl Child Day, which is scheduled on January 24, India Post is launching a special drive for opening of new Saving Bank (SB) accounts in the name of each girl child. The drive starts from January 24 and will concluded on 28.
courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Special-drive-for-opening-SB-accounts-in-the-name-of-girl-child/articleshow/29111257.cms
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