sex ratio at birth

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In Hamirpur, where the sex ratio is skewed, a family defied social stigma by grandly celebrating the birth of their second daughter. A festive procession with 11 cars, live music, and dancing marked the joyous occasion, drawing praise and inspiring a shift in societal attitudes towards girl children.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Alarming. City’s sex ratio at birth has decreased in 2016. Only 930 girl child births were registered as against 1000 boy child births in the year gone by.

Data tabled in the ongoing session of Parliament depicts a healthy increase in the sex ratio at birth (SRB) in Gujarat over the past four years.

All government and private hospitals are now required to keep a display board of the sex ratio at birth, based on the number of deliveries of boys and girls taking place on their premises.

The big campaign against sex discrimination, which was carried out in the city for the last two years, seems have bore no fruit.In the year 2013, the city recorded a birth sex ratio of 937 girls per 1000 boys.

Uttarakhand’s sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) at birth was found to be the worst in the country at 844, and Kerala’s the best, at 974, according to the Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2020. The report, released by the Registrar General of India, stated that the country’s overall sex ratio at birth had gone up by three points to 907 in 2018-20 from 904 in 2017-19.

Gujarat has recorded an increase of 11 points in sex ratio at birth in the block year of 2016-18 as compared to 2015-17. But compared to 2012-2014 the state has reported the steepest fall of 41 points — the highest in the country. The sex ratio at birth was 907 in the block year of 2012-14 in Gujarat, while the current ratio is 866.

The city has improved its sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the past year, according to health department data, which says that 925 girls were born for every 1,000 boys in 2022 – an increase of 17 percentage points, or 2%, from the 908 SRB recorded in 2021.