Struggling to curb the menace of female foeticide, Haryana Government has registered as many as 217 FIRs under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act 1994 while registration of 45 ultrasound centres has been cancelled and 57 centres have been sealed in the state.
Haryana Director, Women and Child Development, Renu S Phulia on Friday said that in Haryana, the sex ratio at birth has crossed the 900-mark after the implementation of the ambitious ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ programme.
Since the launch of BBBP last year, 217 FIRs has been registered under PCPNDT Act. Apart from this, 2.63 lakh bank accounts of girls have been opened in the state under the ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana’, she said.
She said that everyone would have to work together to change mindset in favour of the girl child. The ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ programme was initially launched in 100 districts of the country, including 12 districts of Haryana. Now, the programme has been extended to cover 161 districts of the country, including 20 districts of the state, she informed.
Phulia said that 18,900 girls in the state have so far been provided benefits under the ‘Aapki Beti-Hamari Beti’ scheme launched for improving sex ratio and changing mindset towards girl child.