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FEMALE FOETICIDE IN HARYANA
Get the girl numbers back in HaryanaHaryana, once showing promise in improving its sex ratio at birth, has seen a setback with a drop to 910 in 2024. This decline, attributed ...- Households are better off than ever but female foeticide continues unabatedThe national census of 2001 and 2011 contained enormously detailed data on sex ratio at birth (SRB) at the district, tehsil and state level...
- Social activist and former MLA Swami Agnivesh passes awayThe social activist and a former MLA from Haryana, Agnivesh founded a political party, Arya Sabha, that was based on the principles of the ...
- President Pranab Mukherjee launches 'Selfie with Daughter' mobile app" 'Selfie with Daughter' has become a worldwide movement against female foeticide and sex selection," the president said.
- Haryana achieves sex ratio of 900 girls per 1000 boys: Manohar Lal KhattarHe said that none of the districts is below 850 mark and 12 districts in the state have recorded sex ratio of 900 or 900 plus in 2016.
- Number of female births rising in worst-affected Haryana: PM ModiThe number of female births in Haryana is rising fast as the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padao' campaign has brought about a "real" societal change ...
- 'Haryana's child sex ratio improves to 889 girls per 1,000 boys'Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that with efforts made by the state government and effective implementation of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Pa...
- Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij issues strict warning about sex determination testVij today donned the hat of Sholay's iconic character Gabbar Singh to drive home his point on illegal sex determination.
- Haryana villages showing improvement in sex ratio to be rewarded"We all have to make coordinated efforts to eradicate female foeiticide," an official release quoting state Agriculture Minister Om Parkash...
- 2000 girls get killed inside wombs daily: Maneka GandhiManeka Gandhi also said that among the 12 districts from Haryana chosen for the campaign, the sex ratio varied between 775 to 837.
- PM Modi denounces female foeticide, calls it 'mental illness'Denouncing the practice of female foeticide, Modi said the discrimination against girls reflects "mental illness" and displays a mindset wo...
- Female foeticide needs to be fought strongly: Maneka Gandhi"We need to change the mindset. Today is just the beginning. We must see a visible difference in the next two years...," Maneka said at the...
- Three-day yatras for 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' flagged off in HaryanaGovernment's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme' to improve the child sex ratio will be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22.
- 'Get us brides in return for our votes': Haryana bachelors to candidatesSome LS candidates in Haryana, which has the country's lowest sex ratio, are facing a strange demand from bachelor voters.
- Khap panchayats demand status of Lok AdalatsA Khap Mahapanchayat held has appealed to the Centre & Haryana govt to grant 'Khaps' the status of Lok Adalats as their decisions on variou...
- Software to help curb foeticideTo curb the menace of female foeticide, the Haryana Health Department has developed a "Mother and Child Tracking" software.
- Census of India 2011: NAC to take up matter of alarming fall in child sex ratioThe influential National Advisory Council will take up the alarming fall in the population of female children at its next meeting, which wi...
- Census of India 2011: Sick culture of preferring sonsThe consistently declining child sex ratio - i.e. the number of female children per 1000 male children in the 0 to 6 age group, is a testim...
- Census of India 2011: Child sex ratio drops to lowest since IndependenceIndicating a continuing preference for boys in society, the child sex ratio in India has dropped to 914 females against 1,000 males.
- Girl-boy ratio in Punjab will be 1:5 after some years'Concerned over the rising cases of female foeticide in Punjab, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Virendar Jainon Saturday said...
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