The latest indian census shows that the number of baby girls born in India is much less than the natural ratio. This almost certainly indicates that modern technology, specially ultrasound, which helps in finding out the baby's sex before birth is being misused to abort the girls. It hurts me personally as a Punjabi that the highest ratio of 'missing baby girls' is in Punjab, followed by her neighbour Haryana.We can also be certain that the same thing is happening in Pakistani Punjab as well.
It is also worth noticing that the only state with the natural ratio of baby girls is not the richest, but the most educated, namely Kerala.
The following graph has been copied from Economist, 9April 2011.
It is also worth noticing that the only state with the natural ratio of baby girls is not the richest, but the most educated, namely Kerala.
The following graph has been copied from Economist, 9April 2011.
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