The primary concern discussed at the meeting was the declining child sex ratio (CSR) and sex ratio at birth (SRB) in the country, indicative of the ongoing battle against sex-based discrimination leading to sex selection/ determination followed by pre-birth elimination.
After HT highlighted slide in sex ratio at birth, woman and child development department held a virtual meeting on July 21 with all deputy commissioners and chief medical officers asking them to combat the heinous menace of female foeticide
1,020 females per 1,000 males in India, shows latest sex ratio survey - Latest National Family Health Survey says India has 1,020 females per 1,000 males. In 1951 it was 946 per 1,000 males and in 2015 it was 991 females