Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 16:23
Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday expressed concern over dropping child sex ration in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the state government to take necessary steps to reverse the trend.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 21:54
After a poor showing in 2001 census, the Haryana has registered a slight improvement with 879 females per 1,000 males in the state in the latest census.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 21:51
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The child sex ratio in Andhra Pradesh has come down alarmingly to 939 as per 2011 census, from 961 in 2001, indicating the continuing preference for boys.
Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 20:54
Andhra Pradesh government has shut down 42 sex determination centres recently to check the declining child sex ratio in the state.
Last Updated: Monday, March 4, 2013, 20:41
Andhra Pradesh government shut down 42 sex determination centres to check declining child sex ratio in state, Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister D L Ravindra Reddy told reporters.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 19:11
An enlightened doctor can never be a conspirator in female foeticide and should be the protector of the child from conception to birth, former President APJ Abdul Kalam said here on Thursday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 17:25
The child sex ratio in the country, according to census 2011, is 914 girls for 1000 boys.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 11:11
Ministry of Women and Child Development has been taking a multi pronged approach to address and reverse the trend of declining child sex ratio in the country.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 23:09
Measures to curb the declining child sex ratio in the country should be further anchored in robust institutional capacity, Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 22:17
Rajasthan govt asked health officials to focus on a mission to save girl child and initiate steps to improve the child sex ratio in the state.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 7, 2012, 14:11
Beed district has seen an alarming increase in female foeticide of late, and has the worst child sex ratio in Maharashtra.
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