Lok Sabha Question No. 2168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-06
Subject: Sex Ratio
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

LOK SABHA UNSTAR RED  QUESTION NO. 2168 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH MAY, 2016

## SEX RATIO

## 2168. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has identified districts with poor sex ratio in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to improve the sex ratio in the said distr icts; and
- (d) the extent to which the Government has achieved success in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a) & (b): So far as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is concerned, the Ministry has not identified districts with poor Sex Ratio. However, as per the decennial population 2011, State /UT wise number of districts with Child Sex Ratio (0 - 6years)    less  than  national average of 918 is at Annexure-I.
- (c): Ministry of Heal th & Family Welfare monitors the implementation of the Pre - conception and  Pre - natal  Diagnostic  Techniques  (Prohibition  of  Sex  Selection)  Act,  1994  having objective of prohibition of misuse of diagnostic techniques for determination of sex of le ading to female foeticide.        Besides the enactment of the PC&PNDT Act, 1994, m -pronged  strategy  entailing  schemes  and  programmes  and  awareness  generation/advocacy measures has been adopted to build a positive environment for the girl child through gender sensitive policies, provisions and legislation. The details of important measures are en Annexure -II .

As per information received from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme has been launched on 22 Ja nuary, 2015 now covering 161 districts to address the issue of declining Child Sex Ratio with a strong emphasis on mindset c through training, sensitization, awareness raising and community mobilisation.

- (d): As per the Sample Registration Survey (S RS) data obtained from Registrar General of India (RGI), the estimated Sex Ratio at birth for bigger States for the periods 2009 - 11, 2010 - 12 and 2011- 13 ( given in Annexure -III ) suggests that the Sex Ratio has improved in most of the bigger States.

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## Annexure - I

| State Wise no. of Districts with Child Sex Ratio less than National 918 ( As per Census 2011)   | State Wise no. of Districts with Child Sex Ratio less than National 918 ( As per Census 2011)   | State Wise no. of Districts with Child Sex Ratio less than National 918 ( As per Census 2011)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                          | STATE/UT                                                                                        | No. of Districts                                                                                |
| 1                                                                                               | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                  | 1                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                               | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                               | 1                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                               | Assam                                                                                           | Nil                                                                                             |
| 4                                                                                               | Bihar                                                                                           | 3                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                               | Chhattisgarh                                                                                    | Nil                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                               | Goa                                                                                             | Nil                                                                                             |
| 7                                                                                               | Gujarat                                                                                         | 17                                                                                              |
| 8                                                                                               | Haryana                                                                                         | 21                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                               | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                | 6                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                              | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                 | 16                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                       | 1                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                              | Karnataka                                                                                       | Nil                                                                                             |
| 13                                                                                              | Kerala                                                                                          | Nil                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                              | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                  | 16                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                     | 22                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                              | Manipur                                                                                         | 1                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                              | Meghalaya                                                                                       | Nil                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                              | Mizoram                                                                                         | Nil                                                                                             |
| 19                                                                                              | Nagaland                                                                                        | 3                                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                              | Odisha                                                                                          | 6                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                              | Punjab                                                                                          | 20                                                                                              |
| 22                                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                                       | 28                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                              | Sikkim                                                                                          | Nil                                                                                             |
| 24                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                      | 6                                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                              | Tripura                                                                                         | Nil                                                                                             |
| 26                                                                                              | Uttarakhand                                                                                     | 12                                                                                              |
| 27                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                   | 47                                                                                              |
| 28                                                                                              | West Bengal                                                                                     | Nil                                                                                             |
| 29                                                                                              | A & N. Island                                                                                   | Nil                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                      | 1                                                                                               |
| 31                                                                                              | D. & N. Haveli                                                                                  | Nil                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                              | Daman & Diu                                                                                     | 1                                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                           | 9                                                                                               |
| 34                                                                                              | Lakshadweep                                                                                     | 1                                                                                               |
| 35                                                                                              | Puducherry                                                                                      | Nil                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                 | Total                                                                                           | 239                                                                                             |

## Annexure - II

- The Government has intensified effective implementation of the Pre - conception and Pre - natal Diagnostic  Techniques  (Prohibition  of  Sex  Selection)  Act,  1994  and  amended  various provisions of the Rules.
- The Government is rendering financial support to the States and UTs for operationalizati PNDT  Cells,  Capacity  Building,  Orientation  &  Sensitisation  Workshop,  Information, Education and Communication campaigns and for strengthening structures for the i mplementation of the PC & PNDT Act under the National Health Mission (NHM).
- A  National  review  under  the  chairmanship  of  Additional  Secretary  and  Mission  Directo MoHFW was held on 21 st September, 2015 through video conference.
- A National Capacity Building Programme for State Appropriate Authorities and State Noda Officers was organized on 12 th & 13 th April, 2016 at Manesar in collaboration with UNFPA.
- A comprehensive Standard Operating Guidelines (SOGs) for District Appropriat e Authority has  been  prepared  by  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  for  better  clarity  f implementation of the PC&PNDT Act.
- Program review at the state level has been intensified.  Five regional review workshop North,  West,  Central,  North  East  and Southern  regions  were  organized  during  2014 - 15. During 2015 - 16 five regional review workshops have been organized for Northern Eastern, Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern States in Imphal, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar and Hyderabad (two) respectively.
- N ational campaign 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' was launched in 100 gender critical districts by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  in  partnership  with  Ministry  of  Human Resource Development and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
- Directions given by t he Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of WP(C) 349/2006 (Voluntary Health Association of Punjab vs. UOI & others), were communicated to the States/ UTs ti to time for ensuring compliance.
- Inspections by the National Inspection and Monitoring Committee (NIMC) have been scaled up. In year 2014 - 15, 19 inspection visits have been undertaken in different States. During 2015- 16, 22 NIMC inspections have been undertaken in the States of Punjab, Puducherry Tripura,  Sikkim,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Bihar,  Mizor am,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Uttarakhan Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.
- States have been advised to focus on Districts/Blocks/Villages with low Child Sex Rati ascertain  the  causes,  plan  appropriate  behaviour  change  communication  campaigns  and effectively implement provisions of the PC & PNDT Act.

## Sex ratio at birth (female per 1000 male) India and bigger States 2009 - 11 to 2011 - 13

| India & bigger States   |   2009 - 11 |   2010 - 12 |   2011 - 13 |
|-------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| India                   |         906 |         908 |         909 |
| Andhra Pradesh          |         915 |         914 |         916 |
| Assam                   |         926 |         922 |         920 |
| Bihar                   |         910 |         909 |         911 |
| Chhattisgarh            |         991 |         979 |         970 |
| Delhi                   |         880 |         884 |         887 |
| Gujarat                 |         909 |         909 |         911 |
| Haryana                 |         854 |         857 |         864 |
| Himachal Pradesh        |         938 |         939 |         943 |
| Jammu & Kashmir         |         880 |         895 |         902 |
| Jharkhand               |         915 |         918 |         913 |
| Karnataka               |         945 |         950 |         958 |
| Kerala                  |         965 |         966 |         966 |
| Madhya Pradesh          |         920 |         921 |         920 |
| Maharashtra             |         893 |         896 |         902 |
| Odisha                  |         946 |         948 |         956 |
| Punjab                  |         841 |         863 |         867 |
| Rajasthan               |         878 |         893 |         893 |
| Tamil Nadu              |         926 |         928 |         927 |
| Uttar Pradesh           |         875 |         874 |         878 |
| West Bengal             |         941 |         944 |         943 |

Source: -Sample Registration System, Registrar General of India.

## Annexure - III