For the first time in the history of Haryana, the sex ratio in the state has touched the 950 mark, state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said. ?
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Khattar said the sex ratio at birth stood at 950 girls to 1,000 boys in March this year, ?for the first time in the history of the state.?
As per district-wise data, the sex ratio at birth during March in Kaithal, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Gurugram, Bhiwani, Jind, Fatehabad, Panchkula, Rewari, Ambala, Mewat, Sonepat and Faridabad was 864, 863, 893, 893, 893, 896, 898, 912, 913, 921, 926, 939 and 947 respectively. ?
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The ratio in Karnal, Hisar, Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Palwal and Narnaul was 953, 972, 974, 976, 980, 993, 1,217 and 1,279 respectively, as per information provided by the state government. ? ??
Khattar said that the state had, after the launch of 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Haryana, accepted the challenge of improving the skewed sex ratio. ? ?
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It launched a massive campaign in the state by strictly implementing Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 and running sensitisation-cum awareness campaigns promoting girl child.
?Haryana's notorious skewed sex ratio was the result of years of selective foeticide, with families favouring male child over females.
The situation had become so bad to the point where men were forced to "buy" women from outside the state, as they couldn't get brides in Haryana.?