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Deep-rooted son preference fuels sex-selective abortions in India, leading to millions of fewer female births by 2030. Despite legal bans, illegal networks facilitate prenatal sex determination and terminations, driven by cultural pressures and financial anxieties. While some areas show slow improvement in sex ratios, demand for sons persists.

Global warming's hidden impact on pregnancies is emerging, with a new study suggesting hotter temperatures may lead to fewer baby boys being born. Research across India and Sub-Saharan Africa indicates a correlation between elevated heat during gestation and a slight shift in the male-to-female birth ratio, potentially linked to biological vulnerabilities.

Delhi's Ladli Scheme, aimed at empowering girls, has seen a significant 67.3% enrollment drop since 2008. Despite initial success, numbers plummeted, with implementation gaps and low awareness cited as key issues. The scheme is now being replaced by the Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana to offer better incentives for higher education.

This is bad news for Chhattisgarh. The state, which boasted of a high sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 975 females for every 1000 males in the 2001 Census, has all the reasons to worry as it has witnessed a decline of 6.15% (falling to 915) a decade later in the 2011 Census Report.

Ahmedabad district has seen a drastic drop in sex ratio at birth (SRB). Since 2011, there has been a drop of 11 infant girls per 1,000 boys born.

The total sex ratio at birth dipped by 11 points — to 913 girls per 1,000 boys in 2019-20 from 924 newborn girls per 1,000 boys in 2015-16 — in Maharashtra , the latest report of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5) revealed.

The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data for 2019-21 indicates that India has more females than males with its overall sex ratio having risen to 1,020 after seeing a dip from 1,000 in 2005-06 to 991 in 2015-16. The sex ratio at birth (SRB), however, was still worryingly low at 929, indicating continued sex selection at birth, despite an improvement from the previous survey.

Telangana recorded a 17 percent decline in sex ratio at birth from 2015-2016 to 2017-2018, the latest report released by the NITI Aayog said even as the state showed overall improvement in the health parameters.

Nine districts in Haryana, including Sirsa, Fatehabad, Sonipat, Yamunanagar, Hisar, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jind, and Charkhi Dadri, experienced a decrease in the sex ratio at birth in 2023. However, Gurgaon saw an increase in its SRB from 925 in 2022 to 928 in 2023. Haryana has been working to address the gender imbalance since 2011 and launched the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign in 2015, which has shown some positive results. Gurgaon's health department has been conducting awareness drives and taking action against clinics involved in sex determination tests. The government plans to conduct a detailed survey to understand the reasons behind the low SRB in some areas.

Beed district’s sex ratio at birth — girls born per 1,000 boys in a year — dipped drastically in 2011.

In what can be termed as good news for the state government, an RTI filed to the medical, health and family welfare department has revealed that there has been a slight improvement in the child sex ratio at birth in Rajasthan.

Maharashtra's sex ratio at birth dipped by eight points in 2016 as compared to the previous year, according to a report from the state health department. The report says the ratio of newborn girls per 1,000 boys went down from 907 in 2015 to 899 in 2016.

Haryana bagged three awards — one state-level and two district-level — for consistent improvement in sex ratio at birth (SRB) this year, but Karnal district is showing a worrying trend.

Haryana health department has released the state’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) data for 2020, revealing that the gap between the number of girls born per 1,000 boys has widened to 922 — a slight dip from 923 recorded in the previous year.