According to the Sample Registration Survey, Rajasthan’s sex ratio fell from an already low 893 girls per 1,000 boys in 2012-14 to 861 in 2013-15. The 2011 Census had pegged the district’s child sex ratio at 837 girls per 1,000 boys. By December 2017, the ratio among newborns had improved to 955 girls per 1,000 boys, according to government figures. Since the ideal sex ratio at birth is 960 female live births per 1,000 male live births, a sex ratio of 861 essentially means 99 girl children are potentially being aborted. “The prevailing sex ratio among wealthy urbanites is worse than poor rural dwellers,” he says.

Source: Mint March 08, 2018 23:14 UTC