UNWANTED GIRLS OF INDIA

16 Aug 2011

UNWANTED  GIRLS  OF  INDIA

In Mint ( 25 May, 2011 ), Jacob Koshy reports about a study by Prabhat Jha / Jayant Banthia , published in Lancet magazine.

Their findings were :

·      Girl / Boy ratio ( at birth )

·     In 1990 ………..  906 / 1000

·     In 2005 …………. 836 / 1000

·      No of selective abortions involving female fetuses :

·     In  1980s …………  0 / 2         million

·     In  1990s …………..1.2 / 4.1   million

·     In  2000s …………..3.1 / 6.0   million

·     In 3 decades …….. 4 / 12      million

·          Who is aborting ?

              “ The declines were much greater in mothers with 10 or more years of education than in mothers with no education, and in wealthier households compared with poorer households “

A lady-president notwithstanding, 64 years after independence, the fate of the females in India has only deteriorated!

With regards

HEMEN  PAREKH