Lok Sabha Question No. 5590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Female Foeticide
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5590 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## FEMALE FOETICIDE

## 5590. SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government maintains and monitors the instances of Female Foeticide;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the initiatives taken by the Government have improved the situation of the poo performing States/ UTs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)& (b) : As  per  the  information  received  from  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB),  total  number  of  cases  registered  under  foeticide  (including  female  foeticide) wise are 107 in 2014, 97 in 2015 and 144 in 2016.
- (c) &(d): The Sex ratio at birth has im proved by 5 points from 914 in (2005 - 06) to 919 in 2015- 16 as per National Family Health Survey. State wise details are at Annexure.

## SEX RATIO AT BIRTH AS PER NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY(NFHS) -III   (2005 - 06) & NFHS - IV( 2015 - 16)

Sex ratio at birth for children born in the last

| S No.   | State                       | Sex ratio at birth for children born five years (females per 1000   | Sex ratio at birth for children born five years (females per 1000   | Sex ratio at birth for children born five years (females per 1000   |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         |                             | NFHS - 3                                                            | NFHS - 4                                                            | Change                                                              |
|         | India                       | 914                                                                 | 919                                                                 | 5                                                                   |
| 1.      | Punjab                      | 734                                                                 | 860                                                                 | 126                                                                 |
| 2.      | Kerala                      | 925                                                                 | 1047                                                                | 122                                                                 |
| 3.      | Meghalaya                   | 907                                                                 | 1009                                                                | 102                                                                 |
| 4.      | Haryana                     | 762                                                                 | 836                                                                 | 74                                                                  |
| 5.      | Tamil Nadu                  | 897                                                                 | 954                                                                 | 58                                                                  |
| 6.      | Maharashtra                 | 867                                                                 | 924                                                                 | 57                                                                  |
| 7.      | Goa                         | 921                                                                 | 966                                                                 | 44                                                                  |
| 8.      | Bihar                       | 893                                                                 | 934                                                                 | 41                                                                  |
| 9.      | Rajasthan                   | 847                                                                 | 887                                                                 | 40                                                                  |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh            | 913                                                                 | 936                                                                 | 23                                                                  |
| 11.     | Jammu & Kashmir             | 902                                                                 | 922                                                                 | 20                                                                  |
| 12.     | Tripura                     | 959                                                                 | 966                                                                 | 7                                                                   |
| 13.     | Chhattisgarh                | 972                                                                 | 977                                                                 | 4                                                                   |
| 14.     | Gujarat                     | 906                                                                 | 907                                                                 | 1                                                                   |
| 15.     | Karnataka                   | 922                                                                 | 910                                                                 | - 11                                                                |
| 16.     | West Bengal                 | 976                                                                 | 960                                                                 | - 16                                                                |
| 17.     | Uttar Pradesh               | 922                                                                 | 903                                                                 | - 19                                                                |
| 18.     | Uttarakhand                 | 912                                                                 | 888                                                                 | - 23                                                                |
| 19.     | Delhi                       | 840                                                                 | 817                                                                 | - 23                                                                |
| 20.     | Nagaland                    | 984                                                                 | 956                                                                 | - 28                                                                |
| 21.     | Odisha                      | 963                                                                 | 933                                                                 | - 30                                                                |
| 22.     | Madhya Pradesh              | 960                                                                 | 927                                                                 | - 33                                                                |
| 23.     | Manipur                     | 1014                                                                | 962                                                                 | - 51                                                                |
| 24.     | Mizoram                     | 1025                                                                | 946                                                                 | - 79                                                                |
| 25.     | Assam                       | 1033                                                                | 929                                                                 | - 104                                                               |
| 26.     | Arunachal Pradesh           | 1071                                                                | 920                                                                 | - 151                                                               |
| 27.     | Jharkhand                   | 1091                                                                | 919                                                                 | - 172                                                               |
| 28.     | Sikkim                      | 984                                                                 | 809                                                                 | - 175                                                               |
| 29.     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                                                     | 859                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 30.     | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                     | 914                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 31.     | Chandigarh                  |                                                                     | 981                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 32.     | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                                                                     | 1013                                                                |                                                                     |
| 33.     | Daman and Diu               |                                                                     | 923                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 34.     | Lakshadweep                 |                                                                     | 922                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 35.     | Puducherry                  |                                                                     | 843                                                                 |                                                                     |
| 36.     | Telangana                   |                                                                     | 874                                                                 |                                                                     |