Badiki Vastha – Free Bicycle Scheme for Girl

Students
Badiki Vastha, a new scheme has been announced by the state government of Andhra Pradesh
to encourage girl child education in the state. Under the Badiki Vastha scheme, the state
government would provide free bicycles to every girl child studying in class 9th in the state.

Free bicycle would be provided to the girl students of 9th class studying in government, aided,
ZPP, Municipal and other model schools in the state. The state government has allocated Rs.
74.92 crores for the implementation of the scheme.

As Andhra Pradesh is one of the leading states with high number of Girl students dropouts, the
state government aims to decrease the number through this initiative.

Such schemes of providing free bicycles to girl students are already under implementation in
Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and some other states.

Badikostha Bicycle Scheme for Girl Students

in Andhra Pradesh
Badikostha is a new initiative by the state government of Andhra Pradesh under which bicycles
would be provided to the girls students in the state. The state government under the Badikostha
scheme would distribute about 1.82 lakh bicycles to the girl students across the state.

The free bicycle scheme has been launched by the Andhra Chief Minister on 17th April 2017
from Vijaywada during a public gathering. As many as 1,81,556 cycles will be distributed under
the Badikostha scheme to students of 5,628 schools including 246 government schools, 4,432
ZP schools, 319 municipal schools, 471 aided schools and 160 model schools at a cost of Rs.
74.93 crore,

Badikostha Bicycle Scheme – Objectives

The main objective of the scheme is to encourage girls to continue their education and reduce
the number of dropouts. Through the distribution of free bicycles under the Badikostha Bicycle
Scheme, the state government aims to drag the attention of large section of common public,
both in rural and urban areas.

Under the Badikostha Bicycle Scheme, the stet government would distribute bicycles to 9th
grade girl students in the government schools. The feedback of girl students about difficulties in
pursuing their studies was also one of the biggest reasons behind the launch of the scheme.
The girl students mentioned transportation as a major hurdle for pursuing their education.

The Badikostha bicycle scheme would help the students reach their schools but also remove
some of the financial burden from parents. The scheme is aimed at making the state a
“Knowledge State – Education Hub” by reducing the number of school and college dropouts.