2010-09-01 16:37:49

Punjab claims rise in female births


(Sept.01,2010) Meanwhile, in India’s northern Punjab State, which was known to have the lowest sex ratio in the entire country for decades, now claims a dramatic increase in the number of girl children. Compared to 798 girls per 1000 boys reported in the 2001 Census, State health and family welfare minister Lakshmi Kanta Chawla, quoted new, pre-census statistics which show, that the state-wide Child Sex Ratio, zero to six years, has risen by 98 to 896 girls per 100 boys, since she took office in 2007. Chawla claimed the spectacular improvement has been possible through increased community support, alongside an iron-fisted implementation of the Pre Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act. “The law is being strictly enforced to curb the menace of female foeticide,” the minister said during a meeting in Chandigarh. As part of the policing strategy introduced by Chawla, some 401 of the 1327 registered ultrasound centres in the state were booked for illegalities, and another 22 centres were forced to close down..








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