· 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
Article copied from : http://iasblogz.blogspot.in/2012/01/india-and-sex-selection-conundrum.html
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