Haryana records the lowest adult sex ratio in the country, and its Jhajjar district has the worst adult and child sex ratios.
THE results of the provisional Census revealed that Haryana as a whole registered the lowest adult sex ratio in the country and also had the lowest child sex ratio (CSR).
Among suggestions made for checking prenatal sex determination are:
Police presence outside suspect ultrasound clinics and hospitals
An online complaint forum to allow people to inform on erring clinics
Mapping of districts, identification of problem regions and analysis of data to determine causative factors
Tracking sex ratio through data collectio
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The population of the world, long expected to stabilise just above nine billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may hit 10.1 billion by the year 2100, the United Nations projected in a report released on Tuesday.
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Children at a community clinic in the village of Kanaja in Malawi on Sept. 7, 2009.
Expressing concern over the declining child sex ratio as indicated in the provisional figures of the Census 2011, civil society groups have asked the Centre to take cognisance of the increasing challenges in this area of sex selection and undertake urgent measures to overcome these.
As per the figures, the child sex-ratio has further dropped to 914 from 927 in 2001, registering a decline of 13
The Haryana Government has notified a District Task Force in each district to ensure strict implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (PC and PNDT Act).
An official spokesman said here on Monday that the task force would help in checking an adverse sex ratio and promote gender equality in the State.
The Deputy Commissioner concerned will be the chairp
Demographers, social activists and concerned citizens came together here on Sunday to deliberate on the sharp decline in child sex ratio in Rajasthan, as revealed in the 2011 Census figures, and resolved to take drastic steps to check the disappearance of girl child by establishing her value in the society and completely stopping female foeticide.
With a view to bringing down Infant Mortality Rate, 2011 will be observed as Vaccination Day in Madhya Pradesh. This instruction was given by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during the review meeting of the Health Department on Tuesday.
