Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Tuesday said that sex ratio in the state has improved and 40,000 cases of female foeticide have been prevented in the state.
“This has been made possible as a result of the efforts made by various departments of the State Government and social service organisations in the state,” said the Chief Minister while speaking at a programme of Digamber Jain Sabha in Ambala Cantt.
In March 2017, Haryana has recorded sex ratio at 950-- the first time in the history of the state.
Narnaul district with sex ratio of 1279 girls for 1000 boys topped the list followed by Palwal with 1217 and Panipat recording sex ratio at 993, as per the government’s statistics.
Haryana, which had the worst sex ratio among states in the 2011 census, was chosen by Prime Minister to launch the nationwide ambitious ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ in 2015. The state has recorded the lowest child sex ratio of 834 compared to the national average of 919 (according to census of India 2011).
Notably, more than 430 FIRs have been lodged in the state under the PC-PNDT Act and MTP Act against the offenders during last about two years since the launch of this campaign, who were involved in sex selection and female foeticide.
The Chief Minister said, “Keeping in view the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, efforts are being made to make the benefits of various welfare schemes and projects reach the last person in the row as envisaged in the ideology of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.”
He also lauded the significant role played by the Health, Education, Women and Child Development and Police Departments in putting a check on female foeticide in the state.
On the occasion, he urged the people to assist the government in making the state and country clean by participating in the activities under the Swachh Haryana Mission.