Article(s) of the CEDAW Provisions in the Constitution of India, Legislations, Policies, Reports, and Judgements graduate scholarship with an aim to compensate direct costs of girl education to all levels especially for such girls who happen to be a single girl child in their family. 15. National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education: The centrally sponsored scheme was launched in May 2008 under the Ministry of Education, to give incentive to girls students. The objective of the scheme is to establish an enabling environment to promote enrolment and reduce drop out of girls belonging to SC/ST communities in secondary schools and ensure their retention up to the 18 years of age. 16. Ladli Scheme: Affected by how the girl child is treated in the society, the Government of Haryana came up with the Ladli scheme to bring changes in the attitude of people towards girl children, while eliminating cases of female foeticide. The scheme offers Rs. 5,000 per year for a time period of 5 years as financial incentive to all the residential parents of Haryana. 17. Sabla: The Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) Sabla is a centrally sponsored program of Government of India initiated on April 1, 2011 under Ministry of Women and Child Development. 18. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme for Girls Education: It is a scheme launched in July 2004, for setting up residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities. The scheme is being implemented in educationally backward blocks of the country where the female rural 50 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Gaps in the implementation of CEDAW in India (G) and its corresponding recommendations (R) family obligations with work responsibilities. G13: It is a prevalent practice in private sector organisations to terminate pregnant women to avoid giving maternity benefits to them. [CEDAW A. 11(2) (a)&(b)] R13: Maternity Benefit Act should be uniformly and effectively implemented in both public and private sectors. G14: Given the sociocultural realities of India, only a few women get a chance to represent India at international levels or to work for international organisations. The women representing the State at international level, including in delegations, postings, assignments, committees,