Haryana has bagged the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar-2015 (Kannagi Devi Award) for its significant achievement in improving sex ratio in the year 2015.
The award was presented by President Pranab Mukherjee on the occasion of International Women’s Day in New Delhi on Tuesday. The award was received by Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on behalf of Haryana Government.
After the launch of Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Panipat on January 22, 2015, the State Government had taken a number of steps for the welfare of girls and women.
The Chief Secretary said that Prime Minister had mentioned that equal rights would be given to the daughters and their proper care would be taken from the birth alongwith providing them with proper education.
For the first time in last more than 10 years, the sex ratio at birth has crossed 900 marks in the month of December, 2015 in the state, he said.
The State Government has implemented the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Acts and Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act effectively wherein more than 194 FIRs have been registered against the violators of these Acts during last nine months.