Grapping to deal with skewed sex ratio, Haryana registered 21 cases under Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act while a total of 25 such cases were witnessed throughout the country.
Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio of 834 compared to the national average of 919 (according to census of India 2011) Haryana, where the child sex ratio (CSR) has been dismally low was chosen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch the nationwide BBBP earlier this year, which is implemented in 12 districts of the State.
As per the data with State authorities, around 1,600 ultrasound centres are running across Haryana. Even as sex determination is an offence, many diagnostic centres in the State are still carrying out this procedure.