India and sex selection conundrum

· CSR declined from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 to 914 in 2011

· Immediately government acted by putting in place a supervisory board for PNDT

· Rate of decline in CSR seen in both urban and rural areas

· This depsite legal provisions, incetives and media campaigns

Faulty policy

· State policy ahs been focused on regulating access to technology that enables sex selection

· It is based onr ationale that lack of access will lead to reduced demand for determination of sex

· However this has led to curtailment of right of women to safe and elgal abortion under termination of pregnancy act 1975

Government steps

· Announced a national girl child day in 2009

· Beti bachao campaign

· Incetives to BPL families for incentivising birth of girl child

Way ahead

· The reason for prevalence of sex selective abortions in India against girld child are

o Cultural attitude

o Patriarchal prejudice

o Socioeconomic pressures

o Misuse of technology

o Lack of old age social security

o Inheritance laws

· There is a need for a holistic policy to address each of these problems

· China adopted policies to

o Promote gender equality

o Increase female workforce

o Ensure old age security

· Each out to primary decision makers and decision supporters through targeted media campaigns

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