While 2017 recorded India's second-highest sex ratio at birth in Maharashtra, some districts have shown a drastic fall in the number of girls. In 2013, the sex ratio at birth was just 900 which improved to 914 in 2014 but marginally dipped to 907 in 2015. The rise in the district-wise sex ratio at birth has been the healthiest in Wardha where at 200 points (from 976 in 2013 to 1,176 in 2017), girls outnumbered boys by a huge margin. Tribal-dominated and Left-wing violence affected Gadchiroli has a sex ratio of 1,000 in 2017, which is up by 161 points from 839 in 2013. The Act prevents misuse of pre-natal sex determination techniques and female foeticide.

Source: dna May 14, 2018 01:18 UTC