Haryana’s sex ratio at birth touched the 950 mark for the first time ever in March 2017 said Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal.
He said that the State had, after launch of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme by the Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi from Haryana, accepted the challenge of improving the skewed sex ratio and launched a massive campaign in the State by implementing Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 and running sensitisation-cum awareness campaigns promoting girl child.
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He said that more than 430 FIRs have been lodged in the state under the PC-PNDT Act and MTP Act against the offenders during last about two years since the launch of this campaign, who were involved in sex selection and female foeticide. Out of these, more than 80 FIRs were registered after interstate raids in the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi and Punjab.
All raids were conducted by deploying decoys. Apart from these, more than 50 cases of Sex Selection Drugs (SSDs) being sold by unscrupulous elements promising male child were also detected and FIRs were registered against such offenders under the PNDT Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC). In many cases, the raiding parties found that these offenders were fooling pregnant women and their relatives by using dummy instruments which are not able to detect the sex of the foetus, he added.
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The Chief Minister said that rampant misuse of MTP kits for illegal abortion purposes by unauthorised paramedics in the state was also detected and culprits were booked under MTP Act, Drugs Act and IPC. After registering cases against the offenders, they were prosecuted in the court of law and in more than 10 cases, the state has achieved convictions under the PNDT Act, MTP Act, and other related Acts.
The state also issued Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines for investigation of cases under PC-PNDT Act and MTP Act to ensure effective, speedy and fair investigations. Simultaneously, training-cum-sensitisation workshops on various legal issues involved were convened for police officers, public prosecutors and health officials.
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It may be recalled that the sex ratio at birth in the State crossed the 900 mark in 2016 for the first time, for which the Prime Minister had lauded the Haryana Government for its achievement.
District wise sex ratio at birth as per Civil Registration System during March 2017 (Prov)
Sr. No. District Male Female Total births Sex ratio (Female/Male)* 1000
1 Narnaul- 448 573 1021 1279
2 Palwal- 824 1003 1827 1217
3 Panipat- 902 896 1798 993
4 Kurukshetra- 707 693 1400 980
5 Sirsa- 752 734 1486 976
6 Yamunanagar- 768 748 1516 974
7 Hisar- 1207 1173 2380 972
8 Karnal- 854 814 1668 953
9 Faridabad- 2005 1899 3904 947
10 Sonipat- 1069 1004 2073 939
11 Mewat- 1144 1059 2203 926
12 Ambala- 759 699 1458 921
13 Rewari- 653 596 1249 913
14 Panchkula- 534 487 1021 912
15 Fatehabad- 568 510 1078 898
16 Jind- 823 737 1560 896
17 Bhiwani- 942 841 1783 893
18 Gurugram- 1437 1283 2720 893
19 Jhajjar- 458 409 867 893
20 Kaithal- 772 667 1439 864
21 Rohtak- 929 802 1731 863
Haryana State in total 18555 17627 36182