Lok Sabha Question No. 4170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Female Infanticide
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4170 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## FEMALE INFANTICIDE

## 4170. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps to contain female infanticide in the country so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  made  any  achievement  in  containin g  female  infanticide particularly through the Beti Bachao - eti Padhao Yojana;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d)  the  achievements  made  so  far  in  this  regard  in  the  last  two  years  and  the  curre State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

(a) to (c) : The Government has enacted the Pre - conception and Pre - natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition  of  Sex  Selection)  Act,  1994,  for  prohibition  of  sex  selec tion  before  or  after conception and for prevention of misuse of pre -conception and pre - natal diagnostic techniques for sex determination leading to female foeticide.

Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) was launched as one of the flagship programmes of the Government, to address the declining Child Sex Ratio and related issues of empowerment women  on  a  life - cycle  continuum.  It  is  a  tri - ministerial,  convergent  effort  of  Ministries  of Women and Child Development, Health & Family Welfare and Human Re source Development with a focus on awareness and advocacy campaign for changing mindsets, multi - sectoral action in selected 161 districts (low on CSR), enabling girls' education and effective enforc Pre - Conception & Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act.

- (d) : As per the information received from NCRB the incidences of female infanticides h decreased from 50 cases in 2014 to 40 cases in 2016. State/ UT wise details are at Annexure.

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Annexure

## State/UT - wise number of female victims of infanticide during 2014 - 2016*

| SL   | State/UT          |   2014 |   2015 |   2016* |
|------|-------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    |      2 |      3 |       5 |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 3    | Assam             |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 4    | Bihar             |      1 |      0 |       0 |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh      |      2 |      2 |       0 |
| 6    | Goa               |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 7    | Gujarat           |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| 8    | Haryana           |      2 |      4 |       1 |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh  |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 10   | Jammu & Kashmir   |      1 |      1 |       0 |
| 11   | Jharkhand         |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 12   | Karnataka         |      9 |      0 |       0 |
| 13   | Kerala            |      0 |      1 |       0 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh    |      9 |     14 |       3 |
| 15   | Maharashtra       |      6 |      4 |       2 |
| 16   | Manipur           |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 17   | Meghalaya         |      0 |      0 |       1 |
| 18   | Mizoram           |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 19   | Nagaland          |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 20   | Odisha            |      2 |      0 |       1 |
| 21   | Punjab            |      4 |      3 |       6 |
| 22   | Rajasthan         |     10 |      5 |       7 |
| 23   | Sikkim            |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 24   | Tamil Nadu        |      0 |      1 |       1 |
| 25   | Telangana         |      1 |      2 |       6 |
| 26   | Tripura           |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 27   | Uttar Pradesh     |      0 |      3 |       2 |
| 28   | Uttarakhand       |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 29   | West Bengal       |      0 |      0 |       0 |
|      | TOTAL STATE(S)    |     49 |     43 |      36 |
| 30   | A & N Islands     |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 31   | Chandigarh        |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 32   | D&N Haveli        |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu       |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 34   | Delhi UT          |      1 |      2 |       4 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep       |      0 |      0 |       0 |
| 36   | Puducherry        |      0 |      0 |       0 |
|      | TOTAL UT(S)       |      1 |      2 |       4 |
|      | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |     50 |     45 |      40 |

Source: Crime in India

*Note : Data is provisional as data is under clarification