HYDERABAD: Senior health officers on Monday mentioned the SRB has stepped forward in Telangana due to campaigns against female foeticide and female infanticide and various schemes which provide incentives to girl kid.
While admitting that there was an enormous decline in SRB between 2013 and 2016, G Srinivasa Rao, director, public health, mentioned the sex ratio stands at 925 for the 12 months 2018. “We are upbeat it is going to only get better,” he mentioned.
“Although bias towards child boys was once distinguished in certain pockets, we are witnessing a transformation within the mindset now. As in keeping with the latest information to be had, extra girl kids are born now,” mentioned Dr Laxma Reddy, former health minister.
While insiders mentioned that out of control sex determination checks and unlawful abortions all the way through 2013-16 have been the principle causes in the back of the pointy downward turn in beginning of girl kids, efforts to close down such institutes and consciousness some of the decrease middle income groups against such practice has helped.
“Sex selective abortions could still be taking place in certain pockets however with the stringent implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, it has been largely managed. Incentives like KCR Kits, Kalyana Lakshmi, and so on, the importance of sex selection has come down,” mentioned Dr Rao.
Sex ratio saw a marked decline from 954 in 2013 to 881 in 2016.
Karimnagar district saw the most important fall in numbers. From 1,080 girls born in keeping with 1,000 boys within the 12 months 2014, it had dropped to 929 in 2015 and nosedived to 713 in 2016.
Among districts which saw a decline have been Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar, with Nalgonda reporting 773 in 2016, a downward trend from 959 in 2015 and 1,060 in 2014.
Hyderabad and Medak recorded the next sex ratio all the way through the length as compared to other districts.
While admitting that there was an enormous decline in SRB between 2013 and 2016, G Srinivasa Rao, director, public health, mentioned the sex ratio stands at 925 for the 12 months 2018. “We are upbeat it is going to only get better,” he mentioned.
“Although bias towards child boys was once distinguished in certain pockets, we are witnessing a transformation within the mindset now. As in keeping with the latest information to be had, extra girl kids are born now,” mentioned Dr Laxma Reddy, former health minister.
While insiders mentioned that out of control sex determination checks and unlawful abortions all the way through 2013-16 have been the principle causes in the back of the pointy downward turn in beginning of girl kids, efforts to close down such institutes and consciousness some of the decrease middle income groups against such practice has helped.
“Sex selective abortions could still be taking place in certain pockets however with the stringent implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, it has been largely managed. Incentives like KCR Kits, Kalyana Lakshmi, and so on, the importance of sex selection has come down,” mentioned Dr Rao.
Sex ratio saw a marked decline from 954 in 2013 to 881 in 2016.
Karimnagar district saw the most important fall in numbers. From 1,080 girls born in keeping with 1,000 boys within the 12 months 2014, it had dropped to 929 in 2015 and nosedived to 713 in 2016.
Among districts which saw a decline have been Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar, with Nalgonda reporting 773 in 2016, a downward trend from 959 in 2015 and 1,060 in 2014.
Hyderabad and Medak recorded the next sex ratio all the way through the length as compared to other districts.
Sex ratio in Telangana improved since 2016
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