-Reuters Laws excluding daughters, widows from inheriting land still exist in some states, says the study New Delhi: Some Indian laws promote a preference for sons over daughters, the United Nations said on Thursday in a report that highlights the country's struggle to reverse a long-term decline in the number of girls. Bans on child marriage, pre-natal sex selection tests and dowries are poorly enforced, while laws excluding daughters and widows from...
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Punjab tops states in prosperity, Kerala on equity -Surojit Gupta & Sidhartha
-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Maharashtra has the highest per capita income, but when it comes to prosperity, Punjab tops the chart while Madhya Pradesh is at the very bottom. In terms of equity, Kerala pips Punjab to the top slot, while Andhra Pradesh has the highest levels of disparity, says a new study that ranks states based on pattern of ownership of consumer durables. The soon-to-be released report by ratings and...
More »Child sex ratio worsening faster among STs: census report-Jitendra
-Down to Earth Data also shows higher marginationalisation of the country's Scheduled Tribes The latest data released by the Census of India shows that the child sex ratio (number of girls per 1,000 boys) among Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the country has declined faster than in other categories of the population between 2001 and 2011. But the number of girls born per 1,000 boys is still higher in the ST category than...
More »In a first, economic census to count businesses of transgenders -Surabhi
-The Indian Express For the first time, the government is doing a headcount of businesses run by members of the transgender community. The exercise is a part of the sixth economic census that counts the number of establishments in the country. The issue had cropped up during national level discussions where some states and activists sought this data. The aim was to get a gender dimension of entrepreneurship, said a government official. "Male...
More »Bengal records highest sex ratio in 110 years -Saibal Sen
-The Times of India KOLKATA: First the good news. Bengal's sex ratio - 949.9682 - is at its highest since 1901, when it was 945. Now, the bad one. The state's women are still getting married very early - at 20.3 years - which is the least mean age for effective marriage of women in the country. The national average is 21.2 years. The data isn't surprising, for Bengal still ranks fourth...
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