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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In bad news for girls, sex ratio at birth plunges in southern states -Rema Nagarajan

In bad news for girls, sex ratio at birth plunges in southern states -Rema Nagarajan

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published Published on Jan 28, 2019   modified Modified on Jan 28, 2019
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Abysmal sex ratios have generally been associated with states like Haryana and Punjab. However, the data for 2007 to 2016 on sex ratio at birth, an indication of which way the sex ratio will move in the coming years, shows that southern states barring Kerala have witnessed some of the most dramatic drops.

Data collated by the office of the Registrar General of India from the civil registration system (CRS) showed that in 2016, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan had the worst sex ratio at birth (SRB) of 806. Tamil Nadu was sixth from the bottom with its ratio falling from 935 in 2007 to 840, compared to the all-India figure of 877. In Karnataka, it fell from 1,004 to 896. In Telangana, it fell from 954 in 2013, when the state was formed, to 881. Since most of these states have achieved near 100% registration of births, the low ratios cannot be because large numbers of female births aren’t getting registered.

In the case of Andhra, the drop to 806 in 2016 from 971 the previous year does seem abnormal. LN Prema Kumari, joint director of census operations in Andhra, said the sudden fall was due to the confusion created by the bifurcation of population between Andhra and Telangana. However, the bifurcation happened in 2013 and the data from then till 2015 does not show any sharp variations though the data for both states see-saws over the years. Also, in 2016 both states have witnessed a fall in the ratio.
 
Sex Ratio at birth
 
Tamil Nadu had dropped steadily from an SRB of 939 in 2006 to an all-time low of 818 in 2015. Compared to that, 840 in 2016, though lower than even Haryana’s 865, was an improvement. Since 2011, the state’s SRB has been lower than the all-India one. In Karnataka too, ever since 2011, when it achieved about 98% birth registration and an SRB of 983, the ratio has steadily declined.

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The Times of India, 28 January, 2019, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bad-news-for-girls-sex-ratio-at-birth-plunges-in-south/articleshow/67716169.cms


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