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Haryana reported a skewed sex ratio of 910 girls per 1,000 boys born in 2024, marking the lowest figure in the past eight years, including 2023, when the ratio stood at 916.
According to a report published in The Indian Express, provisional data from the state health authorities for 2024 indicates that 516,402 children were born in Haryana. Of these, 270,354 (52.35%) were boys and 246,048 (47.64%) were girls, revealing a disparity of 24,306 fewer girls than boys.
Among Haryana’s districts, Nuh, one of the most socio-economically challenged regions, recorded the highest number of births in 2024, with 57,961 babies born.
Despite this, Nuh's sex ratio stood at 928, one of the best in the state, trailing only Yamunanagar and Sirsa, which both recorded a sex ratio of 936.
Conversely, Gurgaon, the millennium city, reported a sex ratio of 899 out of 45,344 births, joining Faridabad (899) among districts with ratios below 900. Faridabad recorded 48,777 births in 2024.
Haryana has witnessed fluctuations in its sex ratio at birth over recent years. The ratio was 900 in 2016, 876 in 2015, and rose to 916 in 2023 before dropping again in 2024.
In 2024, 13 districts, including Nuh, Fatehabad, Jind, Panchkula, Ambala, Palwal, Kaithal, Jhajjar, Panipat, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari, and Charkhi Dadri, reported a decline in their sex ratio compared to 2023. Meanwhile, nine districts, such as Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Karnal, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Sonipat, and Rohtak, showed improvement.
A senior Haryana government official noted that the state had achieved significant progress in addressing its gender imbalance since the launch of the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (BBBP) campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Panipat in 2015.
"Over 1,200 FIRs have been registered against the violators of the PNDT Act in the past ten years to check female foeticide. One-third of these FIRs were registered after raids were conducted in neighbouring states such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Nearly 4,000 arrests, including those of doctors, quacks, touts, patients, and their relatives, were made during all these years. Decoy pregnant female customers seeking sex determination played an important role in their arrests," the official told The Indian Express.
On Friday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had claimed the state’s commitment to gender equality, crediting the BBBP campaign for improving Haryana's gender ratio from 871 in 2014 to 916 in 2023.
"Haryana is now recognised as a state that empowers daughters rather than one that suppresses them, marking a true tribute to Mata Savitribai Phule," Saini was quoted as saying.
The 2011 Census identified 12 districts in Haryana among 100 gender-critical regions in India. These districts became focal points of the BBBP initiative to address sex-selective abortions.
Following the campaign's launch, the state saw improvements in its sex ratio at birth, rising from 871 in 2014 to 914 in 2017, and reaching 923 in 2019. However, the ratio has fluctuated since, falling to 922 in 2020, 914 in 2021, 917 in 2022, 916 in 2023, and 910 in 2024.
While Haryana has made strides in addressing gender inequality, the latest figures underscore the need for sustained efforts to combat sex-selective practices and promote gender equality in the state.
According to a report published in The Indian Express, provisional data from the state health authorities for 2024 indicates that 516,402 children were born in Haryana. Of these, 270,354 (52.35%) were boys and 246,048 (47.64%) were girls, revealing a disparity of 24,306 fewer girls than boys.
Among Haryana’s districts, Nuh, one of the most socio-economically challenged regions, recorded the highest number of births in 2024, with 57,961 babies born.
Despite this, Nuh's sex ratio stood at 928, one of the best in the state, trailing only Yamunanagar and Sirsa, which both recorded a sex ratio of 936.
Conversely, Gurgaon, the millennium city, reported a sex ratio of 899 out of 45,344 births, joining Faridabad (899) among districts with ratios below 900. Faridabad recorded 48,777 births in 2024.
Haryana has witnessed fluctuations in its sex ratio at birth over recent years. The ratio was 900 in 2016, 876 in 2015, and rose to 916 in 2023 before dropping again in 2024.
In 2024, 13 districts, including Nuh, Fatehabad, Jind, Panchkula, Ambala, Palwal, Kaithal, Jhajjar, Panipat, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Rewari, and Charkhi Dadri, reported a decline in their sex ratio compared to 2023. Meanwhile, nine districts, such as Yamunanagar, Sirsa, Karnal, Bhiwani, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Mahendragarh, Sonipat, and Rohtak, showed improvement.
A senior Haryana government official noted that the state had achieved significant progress in addressing its gender imbalance since the launch of the "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (BBBP) campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Panipat in 2015.
"Over 1,200 FIRs have been registered against the violators of the PNDT Act in the past ten years to check female foeticide. One-third of these FIRs were registered after raids were conducted in neighbouring states such as Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Nearly 4,000 arrests, including those of doctors, quacks, touts, patients, and their relatives, were made during all these years. Decoy pregnant female customers seeking sex determination played an important role in their arrests," the official told The Indian Express.
On Friday, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had claimed the state’s commitment to gender equality, crediting the BBBP campaign for improving Haryana's gender ratio from 871 in 2014 to 916 in 2023.
"Haryana is now recognised as a state that empowers daughters rather than one that suppresses them, marking a true tribute to Mata Savitribai Phule," Saini was quoted as saying.
The 2011 Census identified 12 districts in Haryana among 100 gender-critical regions in India. These districts became focal points of the BBBP initiative to address sex-selective abortions.
Following the campaign's launch, the state saw improvements in its sex ratio at birth, rising from 871 in 2014 to 914 in 2017, and reaching 923 in 2019. However, the ratio has fluctuated since, falling to 922 in 2020, 914 in 2021, 917 in 2022, 916 in 2023, and 910 in 2024.
While Haryana has made strides in addressing gender inequality, the latest figures underscore the need for sustained efforts to combat sex-selective practices and promote gender equality in the state.
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