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Census indicates alarming level of foeticide in Jammu & Kashmir [1]

Raises questions with regard to official claims of crackdown on prenatal sex determination

Primary abstract of 2011 census, released on Monday, has indicated an alarming level of female foeticide in Jammu and Kashmir as a drastic decrease of 79 females per thousand of children has been noticed in the basic age group of 0 to 6 years. In each unit of 2,000 children, there were 941 females and 1059 males in 2001.

Publication Date: 
12/06/2013
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Jammu & Kashmir [4], Census 2011 [5], Children [6], Haryana [7], Punjab [8], Population [9], Legislation [10], Women [11], Health [12]
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