Apart from some jelly bottles, there lay a mouse-like gadget attached to a laptop to carry out the so-called sex-determination. Though the PNDT Act was enacted in 1994, Haryana, which was ranked second lowest in child sex ratio (CSR) at 819 in 2001 census, slid further to the lowest rank amongst states in 2011, despite an increase in numbers to 834. The sex ratio at birth (SRB), according to sample registration system (SRS) statistical report 2012, also ranked Haryana at the bottom amongst all states with an SRB of 857. And for the first time, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) in Haryana has shot up to 900 in 2016, up from 868 in 2013, 871 in 2014 and 876 in 2015. Haryana now aims for an SRB of 950, considered ideal by international public health experts.

Source: Hindustan Times February 01, 2017 04:41 UTC