The sex ratio has improved in Haryana due to the strict implementation of the releavant laws and rigorous follow-up measures taken by the State Government.
While 16 districts have recorded growth in the sex ratio, Jind tops the State with the highest ratio of 962. Yamunanagar has registerd the ratio of 928 and Rohtak has recorded the maximum increase from 739 to 902, notching up a gain of 163 points.
Inaugurating a State-level workshop on Stronger Implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, Navraj Sandhu, Principal Secretary, Haryana, Health Department, said that 20 court cases were filed in 2012-13 and 30 convictions had been done between 2001 and March, 2013. Those convicted include 24 doctors.
Sandhu said district authorities, district nodal officers, state programme officers and functionaries of the Haryana State legal Services Authority were working hard to implement the Act which has resulted in the sex ratio at birth increasing from 839 to 877.
Dr NK Arora, Director General Health Services, Haryana, said, “Supervisory field visits are being intensified and on toll free no 102 for registration of complaints the identity is kept secret. Condemnation of non-working ultrasound machines is done on a routine basis. Best village award of Rs 1 lakh is given for the highest sex ratio in the district to motivate the panchayats”.