Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said that those villages which will bring maximum improvement in the sex ratio and keep a check on female foeticide would be honoured with a cash award of Rs 1.50 lakh each. One village would be selected from every district for this award.
Vij said that villages having population of 5,000 or above will be included in this category and the selection of these villages would be made on the basis of registration data collected by ANM from January to December 2015.
The award money would be utilised for the empowerment of meritorious girls of the concerned village, he added.
He said that the amount of village achieving maximum improvement in the sex ratio in any district would be deposited in the account of the concerned Civil Surgeon by March 2016. A budget of Rs 36.50 lakh has been earmarked for this purpose during the current financial year.
He said that those who furnish information about anyone involved in the female foeticide would be honored with a cash award of Rs 1 lakh and his identity would also be kept confidential.
The Health Minister said that the manufacturers of all ultrasound machines, their suppliers, mechanics and technicians would also be registered so as to keep a strict vigil on all possibilities.
He said that no one could open any ultrasound centre or clinic without their registration under the Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PC and PNDT Act).