Selective abortion of girls in India prevented well over 4.2 million to 12.1 million girls from being born between 1980 and 2010, with the largest number of girls being aborted in the 1990s, a new survey has revealed.

Selective abortion of girls, especially for pregnancies after a firstborn girl, has increased substantially in India.

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This was revealed to DNA by the senior regional manager HPCL, PN Kanth, on Sunday.

The first scientific study on decadal rate of selective abortions of girls in India has thrown up shocking evidence of a staggering rise in the number of missing girls right from 1980s, and of how the wealthiest and the most educated have conspired to eliminate the girl child.

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The first decade of the 21st century saw more selective abortions in India than the two previous decades put together, says a new study by a prominent international health research organisation.

The Toronto, Canada-based Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR), has estimated that 4.5 million girls went missing in India during 2001-2010 as against a total 3.6 million during 1980-2000.

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Stumped by the declining child sex ratio in the city, the state government and the BMC have decided to strengthen the implementation of the Preconception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, in the state.

While the BMC has decided to increase the frequency of its meetings with obstetricians and gynaecologists in the city, the state government has decided

Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.

Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.