It was started by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Government of India in 2008.
It is being celebrated across the nation with objectives of generating awareness on the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio (CSR) and create a positive environment around valuing the girl child.
India is observing National Girl Child Week 2021, which begins from January 21 and continues till January 26.
The state of Punjab has announced January 2021 to be the "month of Girl Child".
The theme for this is ‘transforming education for girls.