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DrRajpalSingh
December 30th, 2011, 07:51 AM
Female foeticide is a stigma on the face of Indian society.

How to involve people especially social activists to eliminate this evil from society?

upendersingh
December 31st, 2011, 04:36 AM
Ladoo and Jalebis: The code of killer doctors of Jatland

Deepender Deswal, TNN Apr 8, 2011, 04.27am IST
JHAJJAR: Ladoo means boy and Jalebi means girl. These are the code words being used in the ultrasound centers to convey about the gender of feotus to the family of the pregnant woman.
The sources disclosed that many of the registered ultra sound centers in the district, particularly in national capital town of Bahadurgarh have been the hub of sex determination tests clandestinely.
These centre worked through a well-knit network of touts and agents and conducted the sex determination tests at odd hours and did not have any record about such patients.
A source in a private hospital in Bahadurgarh revealed that the ultrasound centers did not deal with the patients directly and even strictly turned them away if anybody walked in for the test. They have touts hovering around the ultrasound centers who followed them and then struck a deal at their residence or any place away from the centre. These touts charge hefty fee and even bargain with the patient as per his/her financial condition.
The patient would be later asked to visit the centre mostly early in the morning. After the check up, the patient would walk out and the tout would later intimate the ward of the patient by saying distribute ladoos or distribute jalebis.
In Haryana, it has been tradition in to throw a feast by simply making ladoos in the marriage of boy. But in the marriage of a girl, it is bounding for the brides family to offer jalebis along with other sweets in feast to the visitors.
After determining the sex of the feotus, the patient is then referred to the clinics for abortion which too again charge a hefty fee. According to a source, a government doctor offered his services to a private clinic at a higher remuneration of Rs 1.25 lakh per month in addition to his government job.
Significantly, Bahadurgarh town alone has 19 registered ultrasound centre while Jhajjar town has six and one centre is in Beri town. But shockingly, there has been only two cases booked against two untrasound centers even though the health authorities claimed to have been making frequent raids to check the menace.
Dr Bharat Singh, the civil surgeon of Jhajjar district while talking to the TOI maintained that the health department had constituted three teams in Bahadurgarh town to keep close watch and raid on the ultrasound centers. We have been making surprise checks and raiding on tip offs but most of the raids proved futile. Presently, two ultrasound centers are facing the charges of indulging in illegal activity of determining the sex.
Jhajjar has registered the lowest sex ratio in the country in 0-6 age group with 774 girls per 1000 boys.

Link (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-08/gurgaon/29396124_1_ultrasound-patient-bahadurgarh)

singhvp
December 31st, 2011, 07:35 AM
Female foeticide is a stigma on the face of Indian society.

How to involve people especially social activists to eliminate this evil from society?

Foeticide is nothing short of homicide. The culprits must be prosecuted under a criminal act. I think stringent criminal procedure against this crime need to be introduced, if not already in place.

sunillathwal
January 1st, 2012, 12:35 AM
Foeticide is nothing short of homicide. The culprits must be prosecuted under a criminal act. I think stringent criminal procedure against this crime need to be introduced, if not already in place.

Disagree. Foeticide is not wrong, 'selective foeticide' is .

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 07:54 AM
Disagree. Foeticide is not wrong, 'selective foeticide' is .
Sunil, I partly disagree. Selective foeticide may be justified to some extent if warranted by unavoidable circumstances. For example termination of foetus conceived out of illegitimate relations might be justified to save the family from ignominy. But, foeticide on determination of sex is not justified (female foeticide) which is, perhaps the focal point of this debate.

deshi-jat
January 1st, 2012, 09:02 AM
समाज घोर नैतिक पतन की ओर अग्रसर है. पांच सप्ताह के भ्रूण में तंत्रिकातंत्र (Neural tube ) तथा हृदयगति (heartbeat) विकसित हो जाती है. अधिकांश भ्रूणहत्याएं पन्द्रहवें सप्ताह अथवा उसके पश्चात ही की जाती है, वो भी भ्रूण को चेतनशुन्य (anesthesia) किये बिना. इसको कैसे न्यायोचित ठहराया जा सकता है ? मेरे व्यक्तिगत विचार से भ्रूणह्त्या केवल भ्रूण की बनावट में विकृति अथवा असामान्य विकास की अवस्था में ही कुछ सीमा तक न्यायसंगत है

raka
January 1st, 2012, 10:24 AM
Ladoo and Jalebis: The code of killer doctors of Jatland

Link (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-08/gurgaon/29396124_1_ultrasound-patient-bahadurgarh)

एक रांडा ही असल माइने में दर्द समझ सके स इस कन्या भूर्ण हत्या का , जदे उपेंदर भाई इसी इसी खबरा पे पूरा ध्यान राखे स , कोई न भाई सबर राख बैठेगा सूत ;)

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 03:04 PM
It is good to note that mindset is changing gradually in India. Government and some amateur social organizations have been spreading awareness against this social menace and stigma. Nonetheless, a lot more needs to be done in this direction supported by legal bindings and punitive measures against the defaulters. Sex determination of the fetus may be made illegal except for some special circumstances.

I quote excerpts from one article published in Economist on sex-selection in Asian countries.

"Monica Das Gupta of the World Bank points out that the 2011 census shows the sex ratio is beginning to return to normal in Punjab and Haryana, states where sex-selective abortion used to be common, but which now report big changes in attitudes to girls. These are rich states with many mature middle-class families. Meanwhile, in nearby Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, the sex ratio is getting worse. These are states with more of the emerging middle classes. Because there are many such states and some, like Uttar Pradesh, are huge, they explain why the national child sex ratio became more distorted in 2001-11." For reading full article, here is the link:

http://www.economist.com/node/21542208?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/thedaughtersreturn

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 04:05 PM
Sunil, I partly disagree. Selective foeticide may be justified to some extent if warranted by unavoidable circumstances. For example termination of foetus conceived out of illegitimate relations might be justified to save the family from ignominy. But, foeticide on determination of sex is not justified (female foeticide) which is, perhaps the focal point of this debate.

i disagree. what is the fault of the unborn child for which he/she must be killed? it is the couple who has indulged in the so called illegal thing, not the unborn child! therefore, it is the couple who should be punished by the society (if at all) and not the child. killing the foetus in this manner is a grave violation of basic human right i.e., the right to life. under such circumstances (i.e., conception of the illegitimate child) the would be mother should be sent away to deliver the child. the child can then be put up for adoption. there are many good hearted people in the world for a good human being.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 04:08 PM
समाज घोर नैतिक पतन की ओर अग्रसर है. पांच सप्ताह के भ्रूण में तंत्रिकातंत्र (Neural tube ) तथा हृदयगति (heartbeat) विकसित हो जाती है. अधिकांश भ्रूणहत्याएं पन्द्रहवें सप्ताह अथवा उसके पश्चात ही की जाती है, वो भी भ्रूण को चेतनशुन्य (anesthesia) किये बिना. इसको कैसे न्यायोचित ठहराया जा सकता है ? मेरे व्यक्तिगत विचार से भ्रूणह्त्या केवल भ्रूण की बनावट में विकृति अथवा असामान्य विकास की अवस्था में ही कुछ सीमा तक न्यायसंगत है


such selfish people! and merciless too. i am deeply pained to read this.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 05:06 PM
Female foeticide is a stigma on the face of Indian society.

How to involve people especially social activists to eliminate this evil from society?


some measures:

1. crime prevention against women should be made a high priority. their complaints to the police and courts must be dealt with seriously and in an expedited manner, irrespective of how minor or irrelevant they may seem. if grown up women feel safe in the society, there are better chances of female foetus being safe too.

VPannu
January 1st, 2012, 05:27 PM
some measures:
Abolish dowry, of any kind, totally and completely.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 05:29 PM
Abolish dowry, of any kind, totally and completely.

how? please suggest practical ways in which that can be done to be EFFECTIVE from day 1. Dowry practice is already against the law.

VPannu
January 1st, 2012, 06:04 PM
how? please suggest practical ways in which that can be done to be EFFECTIVE from day 1. Dowry practice is already against the law.aapne bhi bera hai law kitna ak follow hove hai. BTW, I prefer to read/write/speak less, samajhdaar ko ishaara kaafi but since you have asked ; practical way yo hai ak jo groom ar uski family hai un ne accept hi nahi karni is type ka gift/dowry etc.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 06:09 PM
aapne bhi bera hai law kitna ak follow hove hai. BTW, I prefer to read/write/speak less, samajhdaar ko ishaara kaafi but since you have asked ; practical way yo hai ak jo groom ar uski family hai un ne accept hi nahi karni is type ka gift/dowry etc.

but they do! what to do now ?

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 06:33 PM
i disagree. what is the fault of the unborn child for which he/she must be killed? it is the couple who has indulged in the so called illegal thing, not the unborn child! therefore, it is the couple who should be punished by the society (if at all) and not the child. killing the foetus in this manner is a grave violation of basic human right i.e., the right to life. under such circumstances (i.e., conception of the illegitimate child) the would be mother should be sent away to deliver the child. the child can then be put up for adoption. there are many good hearted people in the world for a good human being.

In principle your argument may sound logical but practice and ground realities defy it. There would hardly a few in the present day 'civil society' who would buy this argument.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 06:35 PM
In principle your argument is logical but practice and ground realities defy it. There would hardly a few who would buy this argument in the present day 'civil society'.

it is not about telling others what they should do, but what one should do.

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 06:40 PM
it is not about telling others what they should do, but what one should do.

That is the tragedy. People actually don't do what they ought to do.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 06:44 PM
That is the tragedy. People actually don't do what they ought to do.


I think, best is to focus on the solution rather than the problem.

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 06:47 PM
how? please suggest practical ways in which that can be done to be EFFECTIVE from day 1. Dowry practice is already against the law.

Charity begins at home. One must resolve not to accept or give away dowry. People must get together to boycott marriages where dowry takes place.

singhvp
January 1st, 2012, 06:49 PM
I think, best is to focus on the solution rather than the problem.

Without going deep into genesis of the problem, no viable solution can be found.

urmiladuhan
January 1st, 2012, 07:00 PM
Without going deep into genesis of the problem, no viable solution can be found.

As Gandhi said : "Be the change you want to see in the world"

upendersingh
January 2nd, 2012, 12:16 PM
एक रांडा ही असल माइने में दर्द समझ सके स इस कन्या भूर्ण हत्या का , जदे उपेंदर भाई इसी इसी खबरा पे पूरा ध्यान राखे स , कोई न भाई सबर राख बैठेगा सूत ;)

हा...हा...हा...राका भाई...

दरअसल मैंने तो ये लेख बहुत पहले देख लिया था...अब इस विषय पर थ्रेड शुरू हुआ तो सोचा शेयर कर दूं...न जाने किसने एक बार यहीं अपनी एक पोस्ट में एक बात कही थी कि घर का कूड़ा गुदड़ी के नीचे दबाते क्यों हो...समाज में कोई बुराई पनप रही है तो उस पर चर्चा होने दो...तभी कुछ जागृति आएगी...'जाट' शब्द सभी जाटों को एक सूत्र में बांधता है...कोई जाट अच्छा करता है तो उससे सभी जाटों का मान बढ़ता है, लेकिन किसी भी क्षेत्र विशेष के जाटों में कोई बुराई पनपती है तो फिर सभी जाटों का नाम खराब होता है...आशा की जानी चाहिए कि आने वाले समय में जाटों में चेतना जगेगी और कन्या भ्रूण हत्या जैसी यह बुराई ख़त्म होगी...

DrRajpalSingh
January 5th, 2012, 09:56 PM
As Gandhi said : "Be the change you want to see in the world"

Sure, Charity begins at home.

raka
January 5th, 2012, 10:48 PM
देश में एक नारा चला " हम दो हमारे दो " | अब बात देश की थी तो जाटों ने इस नारे को सर आँखों पे लेना ही था | पर इसमें अपनी तरफ से थोड़ा सा संसोधन कर दिया की बालक दो हो पर दोनों छोरे ही हो क्योंकि एक आँख का के बंद करना और के खोलना | इस आँख खोलन के चक्कर में यह भूल गए के आगे चल कर इनके घर क्यूकर खुलेंगे ? इस समस्या को बढाने में सबसे बड़ा योगदान रहा नारी जाति का | नारी ही नारी की सबसे बड़ी दुश्मन हैं | सांसु बहु के दिमाग में बैठा देती के पोते का मूंह देखना हैं | छोरा माँ की बात पर एतराज करे तो उस पर लांछन लग जाए की यो तो बहु का गुलाम हो लिया | मर्द जात से यह औरत की गुलामी वाला लांछन बर्दास्त नहीं होता तो इस लांछन से बेहतर हैं की माँ की मान ली जाए | जबकि बेटी हमेशा बाप की लाडली होती हैं | इन सबके के चक्कर में आज हालत यह हो गए की गाँव में भैंस की साईं वाला भी सगाई वाला दिखने लगा | पर अब हालात पहले से सुधर रहे हैं लोगो के समस्या समझ आ रही हैं |

DrRajpalSingh
January 8th, 2012, 09:16 AM
देश में एक नारा चला " हम दो हमारे दो " | अब बात देश की थी तो जाटों ने इस नारे को सर आँखों पे लेना ही था | पर इसमें अपनी तरफ से थोड़ा सा संसोधन कर दिया की बालक दो हो पर दोनों छोरे ही हो क्योंकि एक आँख का के बंद करना और के खोलना | इस आँख खोलन के चक्कर में यह भूल गए के आगे चल कर इनके घर क्यूकर खुलेंगे ? इस समस्या को बढाने में सबसे बड़ा योगदान रहा नारी जाति का | नारी ही नारी की सबसे बड़ी दुश्मन हैं | सांसु बहु के दिमाग में बैठा देती के पोते का मूंह देखना हैं | छोरा माँ की बात पर एतराज करे तो उस पर लांछन लग जाए की यो तो बहु का गुलाम हो लिया | मर्द जात से यह औरत की गुलामी वाला लांछन बर्दास्त नहीं होता तो इस लांछन से बेहतर हैं की माँ की मान ली जाए | जबकि बेटी हमेशा बाप की लाडली होती हैं | इन सबके के चक्कर में आज हालत यह हो गए की गाँव में भैंस की साईं वाला भी सगाई वाला दिखने लगा | पर अब हालात पहले से सुधर रहे हैं लोगो के समस्या समझ आ रही हैं |

Friend,


You have rightly said that due to shortage of would be 'brides' people have come to realize the evil effects of the problem created during the last few years.

Hope that more awareness on the issue will be helpful in rooting out the menace of killing the girl child before birth completely in near future.

DrRajpalSingh
January 16th, 2012, 04:32 PM
Friends,
On the issue of save girl child, on the initiative of Smt. Neelam Pradeep Kasni, IAS, Karnal Deputy Commissioner, various social groups joined hands and celebrated Lohari in a unique way. It was a mini jamboree of newly born girl child as hundreds of parents, braving cold wave conditions, turned up to participate in the "mass Lohri celebration for Girl Child", especially planned for girl child born during the past one year.

The objective of celebrating Lohri of girl child was to end gender discrimination, which was leading to social crimes like 'female foeticide' and 'dowry deaths' and to send a clear message that ages old traditions perpetuating exploitation of women must end.

regards.

Fateh
January 16th, 2012, 05:05 PM
Daybefore yesterday, there was a servay report on the subject in the Times of India, the lowest % of girls are from jat area-Mahasan, sonipat, panipat, rohtak, Agra, samli. Is not a shame for the community

DrRajpalSingh
January 16th, 2012, 06:55 PM
Daybefore yesterday, there was a servay report on the subject in the Times of India, the lowest % of girls are from jat area-Mahasan, sonipat, panipat, rohtak, Agra, samli. Is not a shame for the community

Perhaps, this type of information will exhort the people to rise to the occasion and take to introspection as what can be done in the matter.

singhvp
January 16th, 2012, 07:15 PM
Friends,
On the issue of save girl child, on the initiative of Smt. Neelam Pradeep Kasni, IAS, Karnal Deputy Commissioner, various social groups joined hands and celebrated Lohari in a unique way. It was a mini jamboree of newly born girl child as hundreds of parents, braving cold wave conditions, turned up to participate in the "mass Lohri celebration for Girl Child", especially planned for girl child born during the past one year.

The objective of celebrating Lohri of girl child was to end gender discrimination, which was leading to social crimes like 'female foeticide' and 'dowry deaths' and to send a clear message that ages old traditions perpetuating exploitation of women must end.

regards.

A very good initiative by Smt. Neelam Pradeep Kasni, who happens to be a Punjabi-turned-Jaatni - wife of Mr. Pardeep Kasni (a friend and comrade-in-arms (with red flag) of yesteryears).

VPannu
January 17th, 2012, 02:23 AM
Daybefore yesterday, there was a servay report on the subject in the Times of India, the lowest % of girls are from jat area-Mahasan, sonipat, panipat, rohtak, Agra, samli. Is not a shame for the community

Bahrana and Dimana have recorded the most depressing sex ratio in Jhajjar district, hitting rock bottom on the charts with 774 girls per 1000 boys as per the census 2011 figures. The Haryana health department had revealed that village Bahrana, located on the Rohtak-Jhajjar road, had a sex ratio of 378 girls per 1000 boys in the year 2010. The adjoining village of Dimana is not far behind with a sex ratio of just 444 girls for every 1000 boys.

vicky84
January 17th, 2012, 04:48 AM
Bahrana and Dimana have recorded the most depressing sex ratio in Jhajjar district, hitting rock bottom on the charts with 774 girls per 1000 boys as per the census 2011 figures. The Haryana health department had revealed that village Bahrana, located on the Rohtak-Jhajjar road, had a sex ratio of 378 girls per 1000 boys in the year 2010. The adjoining village of Dimana is not far behind with a sex ratio of just 444 girls for every 1000 boys.
Shocking statistics!!!!!!!!!!

Samarkadian
January 17th, 2012, 05:09 AM
There is need to understand Selective Female Infanticide and Dowry in historical perspective. There is book where author's research claimed that during imperial rule Britishers smartly moulded this tradition in to customary Laws. Book's name is - ‘Dowry Murder, The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime’ By Veena Talwar Oldenburg.

http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/How-the-British-created-the-dowry-system-in-Punjab-1.aspx

I am pasting certain excerpts from author's interview along with chapter readings for better and deep understanding of the thread subject.


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... in its origins dowry was one of the few indigenous, women-centered institutions in an overwhelmingly patriarchal and agrarian society. Historically, it was an index of the ‘appreciation’ bestowed upon a daughter in her natal village, and not a groom’s prerogative to make demands on the girl’s family. The dowry-infanticide blight was used to justify the annexation of India. Colonialism, it was claimed was a civilizing mission.





....The problem of women worsened following the British decision to codify all customary law. A key word like ‘local’ which meant village in customary law, came to be transformed to mean ‘caste’ or ‘tribe.’ This shift in terminology had implications for women, since they were now seen to belong to patriarchal lineage rather than localities. The whole attempt was to translate social and customary practice, which was flexible, into legal codes from which women were excluded.

Even more significant was the act that colonial administration replaced the indigenous version of democracy in which villagers had representatives with mechanisms of direct control. The British courts replaced the authority of the village panchayat with the patwari-the man who kept village records-by making him a paid employee of the state. This conferred enormous powers on someone who was earlier seen as a servant of the farmers.






......Female Infanticide – a new historical understanding of the issue emerges when it is seen that that as the East India Company discovered female infanticide they used their knowledge to further their own political ends by attributing purely cultural reasons for the crime, which in fact, had social and economic causes exacerbated by their own policies.

Starting as a trading company moving on to the annexation of Bengal, Punjab and Oudh by 1856, the East India Company faced public outrage in Britain. The development of explanations that described and blamed indigenous culture for some of its own miscalculations was used to appease its detractors at home. This strategy is better known as her “civilizing mission” with Hindu culture as its prime target.

The crime was noted and condemned selectively. For e.g. in 1851, the Sikh Bedis were found guilty of female infanticide. This discovery became political capital for the British who justify two unsanctioned bloody wars with the Sikhs that led to the annexation of their fertile land. In the same year, the British overlooked female infanticide amongst the Jats for two reasons. One they were favorite recruits of the British Indian army because of their strong physiques and martial qualities. Two Jats received bride price for their daughter’s from boy’s family because their daughters worked in the fields unlike Khatri or Brahmin daughters.

British economic policy resulted in impoverishment of the farmer, mortality rates from famines grew the Crown seeked to blame the wasteful expenditure during marriages as one of the reasons for the state of the Indian peasantry, refer chapter 4. Further cost of marriage went up after 1853 app. The British reduction or outright abolition of the customary subsidies given to the village heads by Muslim, Hindu and Sikh rulers for the maintenance of village guest house, oil lamp, upkeep of shrines and payment to musicians made hospitality during weddings more costly. Inflation that accompanied the steady rise in the price of land stood on their heads, the old equations of movable property for the daughters as against immovable property based on virilocality for the sons. And the increased circulation of cash and an ever-increasing range of consumer goods, chiefly British imports, generated a clamor for these items to be included in dowry.


...The Jats were a numerous and widely dispersed agricultural caste whose members included Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims too known as Meos. All of them believed in the practice of bride price yet female infanticide was reported amongst them. However, Edwardes ignored it perhaps because of the political importance of Jats & Muslims to the British hold over Punjab. Further Edwardes had made up his mind that Muslims cannot commit female infanticide because he believed that they do not have caste and they do not give dowries. Edwardes’s view of female infanticide became increasingly communal. Disproportionately high female infant mortality among the Muslims in the Punjab showed up in district after district, year after year, but official prevarication prevailed. It is only after partition when Punjabi Hindus fled to India did international agencies gather fresh statistics on sex ratios and exposed the extent of female infanticide in Muslims.

Soon report after report were produced that looked similar to Edwardes report. They said that the Rajputs, Khatris and other high-caste Hindus were unable to break out of the financially self-destructive cycle of marriage expenses that could not be changed and girl children had been killed in consequence, which the British had mercifully ended. Punjab officers had become just as vested in proclaiming these ills and passing laws to curb wedding expenses, as were their counterparts elsewhere. South India, where female infanticide might have been found as a practice only amongst the lowest and poorest castes, was never brought into the same net, nor was eastern Bengal, which is now the Islamic state of Bangladesh.

On 18/3/1870 the govt of India enacted the Prevention of Murder of Female Infants Act. It was to be enforced only in the first instance of Northwestern provinces, to the Punjab and to Oudh. The act was brief and essentially unenforceable. It is easy to imagine that the possibilities of corruption and genuine error must have made this law and its enforcement a nightmare for all. An inexplicable move only after 36 years of the passing of the Act seems only to underscore the political nature of this entire exercise for the British. British officials claimed eradication of this timeless practice and in 1906 the act was quietly repealed.



...Prem Chowdhry has keen analysed the Jats preference for males in the colonial period, when their military and agricultural skills were in high demand. Rainfall dependant Haryana, a part of colonial Punjab was a region that was prone to drought and had a large section of Jat farmers engaged in subsistence farming. The landowners were entirely dependant on family labor and this reinforced what is common to peasant economies, namely the desire for a son. The usefulness of girls was acknowledged but daughters were destined to marry early and prove their worth as wives & daughter-in-laws. This preference for sons subsumed all castes, tribes and religions in the colonial period. The female sex ratio was 866:1000 in 1886 and 874:1000 in 1991 not much of a difference.

It is not surprising that recent surveys by most international agencies show that son preference is firmly in place in many countries around the world which suggests that ownership of land and most paying jobs in male hands. The Ravindram report of 1986 shows Pakistan at the top of the list with Nepal having the second highest son preference. The Report also alerts us to a similar situation in Victorian England citing R Wall (1981), who concludes that extensive mortality data in England pointed out to an abnormally high death rate of girls in the middle and late 19th century, attributed to the social & economic disadvantages of women and girls esp. at the lower levels.

It is obvious that not all female children were killed in the areas where infanticide was practiced. So the problem is to disentangle the logic – economic, social, cultural and political that made a greater number of men necessary for the communities where female infanticide was practiced.


http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/How-the-British-created-the-dowry-system-in-Punjab-1.aspx

spdeshwal
January 17th, 2012, 06:30 AM
sorry, was a duplicate post

spdeshwal
January 17th, 2012, 06:45 AM
Friends,
On the issue of save girl child, on the initiative of Smt. Neelam Pradeep Kasni, IAS, Karnal Deputy Commissioner, various social groups joined hands and celebrated Lohari in a unique way. It was a mini jamboree of newly born girl child as hundreds of parents, braving cold wave conditions, turned up to participate in the "mass Lohri celebration for Girl Child", especially planned for girl child born during the past one year.

The objective of celebrating Lohri of girl child was to end gender discrimination, which was leading to social crimes like 'female foeticide' and 'dowry deaths' and to send a clear message that ages old traditions perpetuating exploitation of women must end.

regards.

Thank you sir for sharing the infomation!
I was fortunate to have attended 'Haven' on this auspicious day at the residence of Smt. Kavita and Kapil Kalakal!
The couple was blessed with a baby girl 'Kengel' on 9th of January, 2012!
My wife performed the haven!

DrRajpalSingh
January 17th, 2012, 11:06 PM
Thank you sir for sharing the infomation!
I was fortunate to have attended 'Haven' on this auspicious day at the residence of Smt. Kavita and Kapil Kalakal!
The couple was blessed with a baby girl 'Kengel' on 9th of January, 2012!
My wife performed the haven!

Friend,

Kudos to all of you.

Worthy example must be followed by every right thinking person.

Regards

Fateh
January 19th, 2012, 11:13 AM
Bahrana and Dimana have recorded the most depressing sex ratio in Jhajjar district, hitting rock bottom on the charts with 774 girls per 1000 boys as per the census 2011 figures. The Haryana health department had revealed that village Bahrana, located on the Rohtak-Jhajjar road, had a sex ratio of 378 girls per 1000 boys in the year 2010. The adjoining village of Dimana is not far behind with a sex ratio of just 444 girls for every 1000 boys.
Yes brother you are right, I mentioned panipat by mistake in place of Bahadurgarh, I AM SORRY FOR MENTIONING PANIPAT.

DrRajpalSingh
January 19th, 2012, 09:58 PM
According to the Tribune report (dated, 18 January, 2012) Jhajjar district has skewed gender ratio with 774 females against 1,000 males in the 0-6 age group according to the latest census report. This has awakened the district administration. As such, all sonography machines in ultrasound centres of the district have been put on the 'active-tracker' advanced technological equipment connected online with a central monitoring system to check pre-natal sex determination tests in the district. This will help in curbing the misuse of ultra-sound machine through its round-the-clock tab on them.Would other districts follow the step to curb the menace of injustice to unborn girl child!

DrRajpalSingh
March 16th, 2012, 09:05 AM
The average national sex ration in India is 940 as per the latest reports of the Census 2011. Sirsa district administration has decided to keep tabs on ultrasound centres because in this district the figure for Sex ratio stands at 896 per 1,000 male. the silver line in this aspect is that as compared to the 2001 census figure of 882, there is slight improvement of 14 per thousand. According to 'The Tribune' report dated 16th March 2012, after Jhajjar, Sirsa has emerged another district to adopt keeping tabs on the ultra-sound centres.

It is hoped that the situation will further improve in the days to come.

The willing cooperation of the general public can play a long way to curtail the menace of aborting female child before they see the light of the day because the contribution of the educational institutions, media and NGOs could result in achieving miraculous results in this noble task.

To improve the ratio further the concept of 'Ladka Ladki ek saman' needs wide publicity and acceptability.

dndeswal
March 16th, 2012, 09:26 AM
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Not just in urban centres around Delhi, this practice has also started in some sections of Indian community living in USA and Canada. A recent article -

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/female-foeticide-haryana-in-california-punjab-in-canada/908231/


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JSRana
March 16th, 2012, 12:00 PM
The figures & logic brought out by the article seems to be true.

Thanks DND Sir.

DrRajpalSingh
April 28th, 2012, 08:07 AM
Charity begins at home. One must resolve not to accept or give away dowry. People must get together to boycott marriages where dowry takes place.
Friend,

Good suggestion, worth consideration! This may be a logical deterrent to infanticide! What do you think, come up with your logical arguments please.

Thanks.

DrRajpalSingh
May 1st, 2012, 10:11 AM
Alarming bells of a new danger to be borne as Girl! According to the News Paper reports from Haryana alone, a very shocking and heart breaking trend has emerged in a very alarming manner as during the last seven days six girls have been reportedly abandoned incognito by their parents.
This is another bad omen for the female life expectancy as the girls are in the first week of their life.

Think, where we are bound to go if this type of maltreatment to female child continues in our society.

For details see The Times of India, Delhi ed. page 3 dated May 1, 2012 or

log in TIMESOFINDIA.COM

SumitJattan
May 2nd, 2012, 01:06 AM
Friend,

Good suggestion, worth consideration! This may be a logical deterrent to infanticide! What do you think, come up with your logical arguments please.

Thanks.

Khap panchayats can play a big role at least they have a lot of influence in villages and by doing this they can show their capabilities in social reforms also .... my 2 cents

SumitJattan
May 2nd, 2012, 01:21 AM
As per some scientists their is a new method on its way in which sex of foetus can be determined using the blood sample of pregnant women ... These tests might have very bad adverse results in our state ( Haryana) ... I am not sure about the cost of test ..but this test has an accuracy of 95 to 99 % and European companies are offering this technology directly to customer using internet .... its actual purpose is to fix the gene disorders ..... I am sure if this tech reaches India then we can modify it into a mere sex determination tool .

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809162000.htm

DrRajpalSingh
May 7th, 2012, 10:03 AM
As per some scientists their is a new method on its way in which sex of foetus can be determined using the blood sample of pregnant women ... These tests might have very bad adverse results in our state ( Haryana) ... I am not sure about the cost of test ..but this test has an accuracy of 95 to 99 % and European companies are offering this technology directly to customer using internet .... its actual purpose is to fix the gene disorders ..... I am sure if this tech reaches India then we can modify it into a mere sex determination tool .

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110809162000.htm

Let us remember science is both boon and bane, it depends on man how he faces it.

DrRajpalSingh
May 12th, 2012, 05:20 PM
To give incentive to those parents who have one girl child only, the Collector of Jaipur has devised a scheme suggesting the local 14 prominent schools to reserve seats to them and consider granting fee concession/freeship to such girl students. This is a welcome step.

If implemented, it would lead to bettering sex ratio in the society and more constructive steps are required to stop girls being killed before they born.

malikdeepak1
May 12th, 2012, 06:37 PM
To give incentive to those parents who have one girl child only, the Collector of Jaipur has devised a scheme suggesting the local 14 prominent schools to reserve seats to them and consider granting fee concession/freeship to such girl students. This is a welcome step.

If implemented, it would lead to bettering sex ratio in the society and more constructive steps are required to stop girls being killed before they born.

Sir, with due respect, shouldn't the efforts be made to change the mindset towards girl child, instead of announcing incentive?

DrRajpalSingh
May 12th, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sir, with due respect, shouldn't the efforts be made to change the mindset towards girl child, instead of announcing incentive?

Friend,

Both are complimentary of each other. Perhaps, incentive on the issue could bring about some change in the mindset too!

Regards

deshi-jat
May 13th, 2012, 12:19 AM
Govt can't change the mindset, it can only pass the law and give incentives. To change the mindset you need a social reformer, and Jat belt desperately needs a reformer.

Sir, with due respect, shouldn't the efforts be made to change the mindset towards girl child, instead of announcing incentive?

DrRajpalSingh
May 14th, 2012, 12:32 AM
Govt can't change the mindset, it can only pass the law and give incentives. To change the mindset you need a social reformer, and Jat belt desperately needs a reformer.


Friend,

You are absolutely correct that the malaise has so deep roots in our minds that only passage of bills or government decrees can not go far in curing the diseased minds. The need of the hour is arrival on scene some great charismatic person who could bring about long overdue social changes and thus salvage the position and status of the Girl Child in our homes.

Regards

vicky84
May 14th, 2012, 10:03 AM
Sir, with due respect, shouldn't the efforts be made to change the mindset towards girl child, instead of announcing incentive?


Kaunse effort bhai.. Apni sarkar nai nyu to bera koni ke kaam kyukar kara jaya kare(Khair bera to saara sai,, lekin jai nyu kaam shuru kar diye to note kyukar banege)..Collector tai saare kaam pakda rakhe sain..bichara ke ke karee. Humari sarkar ki anusar "Collector" ek jaadugar hai. Uske pass jaadu ki chaddi hai..usko sabhi kaam aate hain.. To bhai,,Apni jeb bharan do nai loggan nai..kyu tung kar re ho innai.. Apni Janta raazi sai apne sarkari naukran tai..Aar apni janta kai kimme farak bhi na padta issi issi battan tai..innai saun do.

DrRajpalSingh
May 14th, 2012, 04:57 PM
Kaunse effort bhai.. Apni sarkar nai nyu to bera koni ke kaam kyukar kara jaya kare(Khair bera to saara sai,, lekin jai nyu kaam shuru kar diye to note kyukar banege)..Collector tai saare kaam pakda rakhe sain..bichara ke ke karee. Humari sarkar ki anusar "Collector" ek jaadugar hai. Uske pass jaadu ki chaddi hai..usko sabhi kaam aate hain.. To bhai,,Apni jeb bharan do nai loggan nai..kyu tung kar re ho innai.. Apni Janta raazi sai apne sarkari naukran tai..Aar apni janta kai kimme farak bhi na padta issi issi battan tai..innai saun do.

Friend

You will agree that awareness among public about the evils being faced by the society including the evil practice of killing girl child before she is born is the need of the hour.

Regards

vicky84
May 15th, 2012, 06:24 AM
Friend

You will agree that awareness among public about the evils being faced by the society including the evil practice of killing girl child before she is born is the need of the hour.

Regards


Respected Sir,

I agree with you on this. Public awareness is must but we should not ignore the fact that government machinery is also incapable in bringing any significant change except very few cases. This practice(Female foeticide) started as a result of incorrect decision by our elite bureaucracy. So bureaucracy should be punished first for making the wrong call. We pay taxes and in return we expect service. These public servants are not doing anything for free. Our public administration is following bad practices to deal with challenges we are facing today. Unless we do not fix our bureaucracy, its very hard to achieve objectives. If you want a debate on this, I can prove what I said.


Thank You

DrRajpalSingh
May 15th, 2012, 08:01 AM
Respected Sir,

I agree with you on this. Public awareness is must but we should not ignore the fact that government machinery is also incapable in bringing any change. This practice(Female foeticide) started as a result of incorrect decision by our elite bureaucracy. So bureaucracy should be punished first for making the wrong call. We pay taxes and in return we expect service. These public servants are not doing anything for free. Our public administration is following bad practices to deal with challenges we are facing today. Unless we do not fix our bureaucracy, its very hard to achieve objectives. If you want a debate on this, I can prove what I said.
Thank You

Friend,
You are right that public servants are not doing anything free and I am also not contesting the fact that bureaucracy is being paid salary out of the funds raised through revenue collection from the public and for which they are expected to serve the tax payers.

Before I could proceed further on the issue, it would be nice if you could throw some light on the decision of the bureaucracy referred to in your post: "This practice(Female foeticide) started as a result of incorrect decision by our elite bureaucracy. "

Thanks.

vicky84
May 15th, 2012, 08:03 AM
Friend,
You are right that public servants are not doing anything free and I am also not contesting the fact that bureaucracy is being paid salary out of the funds raised through revenue collection from the public and for which they are expected to serve the tax payers.

Before I could proceed further on the issue, it would be nice if you could throw some light on the decision of the bureaucracy referred to in your post: "This practice(Female foeticide) started as a result of incorrect decision by our elite bureaucracy. "

Thanks.

Respected Sir,

Kindly watch Satyameva Jayate first episode video. Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3jRKu66oFk&feature=relmfu

Thanks

DrRajpalSingh
May 15th, 2012, 08:29 AM
It is nice suggestion, Friend.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 10:42 AM
Respected Sir,

Kindly watch Satyameva Jayate first episode video. Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3jRKu66oFk&feature=relmfu

Thanks

Friends,
Kindly read the following report also:
Around 225 women members of the Gram Sabha of the village Panchayat of [[Bibipur]] village in [[Jind]] district of Haryana held the first all-women meeting chaired by Sarpanch Sunil Jaglan on female foeticide and decided to set up a four member committee each in all 14 wards of the village to keep track of the programme.

The ward committee consisting one male member and three women would remain in contact with pregnant women and get the names of the pregnant women registered in the second month of the pregnancy in the Panchayat record book.

The members of the Sabha also decided to report the violation if any to the sarpanch who has been authorised to take legal action against the accused.
[ Kindly log in: www.tribuneindia.com dated June 19, 2012 for further details and photograph]

Would women and youth of other villages come forward to take up the challenge to save the unborn girl child in the way the All Women Sabha of Bibipur has shown!

Thanks.

ndalal
June 20th, 2012, 02:21 PM
Sir main aapki es baat se bilkul bhi sahmat nahi hun ki es samasya ko badhane me mahilao ka yogdan hai, han agar aap ese kahte ki es samasya ko mahilaon ki madad se badhaya gya to sahmat ho sakti thi. Dhyan dene wali bat hai ki Samasya ka saara thikara aapne to mahilao/ Saas par dal diya. Par agar wo Pota hone par agar jor de rahi hai to wo aisa kyn kar rahi his es par bhui to dhyan dena chahiye...Wo aisa apne liye nhi kar rahi hai , yahan par bhi swarthsidhi to purush ki hi ho rahi hai...Purush ko bete chahiye apna nam badhane k liye, apne sharir ko aag dene k liye, Aur kahin JL par hi kahin yah bhi padha ki agriculturalist Jatiyon ko apne Krishi karyon k liye adhik poorushon ki jaroorat thi esliye, beton ki demand jyada thi.
Mahilao ka en sab se direct kya lena dena??Sab purush dristikon hi hai. Ek aur bat ki mahilaon ko agar thoda bahut power aur space milti hai to uske liye use "BETON KI MA" hona jaroori hai, kai betiyan hone aur koi beta na hone par hamesha use ye dar bhi rahta hai ki uska pati dusri shadi kar lega, beta paida karne ka mental pressure mahilayen jhelti hain. Saas ko apni power dikhane k liye bahu hi milti hai so she tries there, kynki larger structure me uski pahchan bhi usse milti hai, aur ye pahchan use purush de dete hain kynki purushon ka kam Saas khud kar deti.

देश में एक नारा चला " हम दो हमारे दो " | अब बात देश की थी तो जाटों ने इस नारे को सर आँखों पे लेना ही था | पर इसमें अपनी तरफ से थोड़ा सा संसोधन कर दिया की बालक दो हो पर दोनों छोरे ही हो क्योंकि एक आँख का के बंद करना और के खोलना | इस आँख खोलन के चक्कर में यह भूल गए के आगे चल कर इनके घर क्यूकर खुलेंगे ? इस समस्या को बढाने में सबसे बड़ा योगदान रहा नारी जाति का | नारी ही नारी की सबसे बड़ी दुश्मन हैं | सांसु बहु के दिमाग में बैठा देती के पोते का मूंह देखना हैं | छोरा माँ की बात पर एतराज करे तो उस पर लांछन लग जाए की यो तो बहु का गुलाम हो लिया | मर्द जात से यह औरत की गुलामी वाला लांछन बर्दास्त नहीं होता तो इस लांछन से बेहतर हैं की माँ की मान ली जाए | जबकि बेटी हमेशा बाप की लाडली होती हैं | इन सबके के चक्कर में आज हालत यह हो गए की गाँव में भैंस की साईं वाला भी सगाई वाला दिखने लगा | पर अब हालात पहले से सुधर रहे हैं लोगो के समस्या समझ आ रही हैं |

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:10 PM
Respected Sir,

I agree with you on this. Public awareness is must but we should not ignore the fact that government machinery is also incapable in bringing any significant change except very few cases. This practice(Female foeticide) started as a result of incorrect decision by our elite bureaucracy. So bureaucracy should be punished first for making the wrong call. We pay taxes and in return we expect service. These public servants are not doing anything for free. Our public administration is following bad practices to deal with challenges we are facing today. Unless we do not fix our bureaucracy, its very hard to achieve objectives. If you want a debate on this, I can prove what I said. Thank You

Dear Friend,

Instead of fixing responsibility on either side, the public awareness covers all sides, and to it we must come forward to contribute our humble mite. The path shown by the residents of Bibipur can be a model to be adopted with suitable amendments according to the needs of area specific problem. I do not oppose your raising the demand of improvement in the functioning of government machinery. That must be taken care by the policy makers at the highest level. But it must be remembered that we cannot allow further drift in the male female ration of population till the time the bureaucracy is tuned to be able to come to the level of the expectations of the people.

The much hated problem needs immediate attention of the sensitive public to join the awareness campaign.

Thanks.

Samarkadian
June 20th, 2012, 04:14 PM
It is not an issue in Haryana anymore like it used to be in late 80s and 90s. I don't know about rest of India. Sponsored Media and media sponsored NGO's had blown and are blowing the matter out of proportion. Don't get carried away.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:20 PM
Sir main aapki es baat se bilkul bhi sahmat nahi hun ki es samasya ko badhane me mahilao ka yogdan hai, han agar aap ese kahte ki es samasya ko mahilaon ki madad se badhaya gya to sahmat ho sakti thi. Dhyan dene wali bat hai ki Samasya ka saara thikara aapne to mahilao/ Saas par dal diya. Par agar wo Pota hone par agar jor de rahi hai to wo aisa kyn kar rahi his es par bhui to dhyan dena chahiye...Wo aisa apne liye nhi kar rahi hai , yahan par bhi swarthsidhi to purush ki hi ho rahi hai...Purush ko bete chahiye apna nam badhane k liye, apne sharir ko aag dene k liye, Aur kahin JL par hi kahin yah bhi padha ki agriculturalist Jatiyon ko apne Krishi karyon k liye adhik poorushon ki jaroorat thi esliye, beton ki demand jyada thi.
Mahilao ka en sab se direct kya lena dena??Sab purush dristikon hi hai. Ek aur bat ki mahilaon ko agar thoda bahut power aur space milti hai to uske liye use "BETON KI MA" hona jaroori hai, kai betiyan hone aur koi beta na hone par hamesha use ye dar bhi rahta hai ki uska pati dusri shadi kar lega, beta paida karne ka mental pressure mahilayen jhelti hain. Saas ko apni power dikhane k liye bahu hi milti hai so she tries there, kynki larger structure me uski pahchan bhi usse milti hai, aur ye pahchan use purush de dete hain kynki purushon ka kam Saas khud kar deti.

Yah ek bhankar apradh hai aur usase bhi bhadkar bhyankar samjeek samsayon ko janam dene wala ghinona kaam Hai jeesmein samajeek vayvstha kaa haath hai. Leekin kisi ek par dosharopan karke is problem ke prinamon ko nakara nahin ja sakata.

Samaya kee maang hai kee sabhi miljulkar is burai ko khatam karane me yogdaan ke liye samane aiyen Jasa Bibipur goan walon ne karne ka sankalap liya hai.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 04:20 PM
It is not an issue in Haryana anymore like it used to be in late 80s and 90s. I don't know about rest of India. Sponsored Media and media sponsored NGO's had blown and are blowing the matter out of proportion. Don't get carried away.

I am surprised to hear that. Actually its worse now than it was during 80s and 90s. Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan have the lowest sex-ratio and still declining.

Samarkadian
June 20th, 2012, 04:26 PM
I am surprised to hear that. Actually its worse now than it was during 80s and 90s. Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan have the lowest sex-ratio and still declining.

Again, lowest sex-ratio is not directly proportional to female foeticide. It could be one of the many variables.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:27 PM
It is not an issue in Haryana anymore like it used to be in late 80s and 90s. I don't know about rest of India. Sponsored Media and media sponsored NGO's had blown and are blowing the matter out of proportion. Don't get carried away.

Friend,

The census data for various districts of Haryana paints a very grave picture about the proportion of male female ratio of population which is there to be seen by everyone.
Thanks.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 04:31 PM
Again, lowest sex-ratio is not directly proportional to female foeticide. It could be one of the many variables.

I understand. But it has to be the most heavily weighted variable, right? I think its is well known that female foeticide is the prime reason.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:31 PM
Again, lowest sex-ratio is not directly proportional to female foeticide. It could be one of the many variables.

Yes, it is correct assessment but the sex tests are emerging as one of the major contributors to further aggravate the position.

Samarkadian
June 20th, 2012, 04:34 PM
I understand. But it has to be the most heavily weighted variable, right? I think its is well known that female foeticide is the prime reason.

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Yes, it is correct assessment but the sex tests are emerging as one of the major contributors to further aggravate the position.


Gentleman , Prove it.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:34 PM
I am surprised to hear that. Actually its worse now than it was during 80s and 90s. Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan have the lowest sex-ratio and still declining.

This means the problem needs immediate attention.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 04:39 PM
This means the problem needs immediate attention.

Yes. It does. I think govt initiative which has happened in the last few years, although a bit late, will be a big help. I believe pre-natal sex-tests have already been banned in Punjab, I am not sure about Hr, Raj. In addition stricter punishments for violators and benefits schemes for girl child will go a long way. I believe some of these have already been implemented.

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:40 PM
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Gentleman , Prove it.

The census reports of the relevant years, statistical data released by various departments of the government, field studies by the academic world are there to prove it beyond doubt.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 04:43 PM
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Gentleman , Prove it.

Brother, with all due respect. You are the one casting aspersions on female foeticide being on the rise, so I think the onus of providing proof rests on you. I can dig up hundreds of news articles and govt. reports, could you also do the same?

Just to get this right, did you mean female foeticide has declined in the last few years? That might have happened due to stricter govt. action and is in fact welcome. But overall, comparing 10 year data (census) it would have increased as compared to the 90s, right?

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 04:49 PM
Yes. It does. I think govt initiative which has happened in the last few years, although a bit late, will be a big help. I believe pre-natal sex-tests have already been banned in Punjab, I am not sure about Hr, Raj. In addition stricter punishments for violators and benefits schemes for girl child will go a long way. I believe some of these have already been implemented.

In Haryana also strict steps have been initiated on the issue but clandestine methods have also come to the public notice as some doctors were found performing pr natal tests and abortions of undesirable girls not in hospitals but at their residences/homes in Jagadhri town of Haryana. The two doctors and three of their assistants are facing the court cases now. Therefore both public and government joint efforts are needed to tackle the problem.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 04:54 PM
In Haryana also strict steps have been initiated on the issue but clandestine methods have also come to the public notice as some doctors were found performing pr natal tests and abortions of undesirable girls not in hospitals but at their residences/homes in Jagadhri town of Haryana. The two doctors and three of their assistants are facing the court cases now. Therefore both public and government joint efforts are needed to tackle the problem.

Something like that happened in a city in Punjab as well.

Sometimes, I dont know who is worse. The people who pay the doctors to do female foeticide or the doctors who sell their soul and conscience for a quick buck.

And the best solution is a collective effort, govt., social and personal.

Samarkadian
June 20th, 2012, 05:00 PM
Brother, with all due respect. You are the one casting aspersions on female foeticide being on the rise, so I think the onus of providing proof rests on you. I can dig up hundreds of news articles and govt. reports, could you also do the same?

Just to get this right, did you mean female foeticide has declined in the last few years? That might have happened due to stricter govt. action and is in fact welcome. But overall, comparing 10 year data (census) it would have increased as compared to the 90s, right?

Go ahead with authentic proofs.

swaich
June 20th, 2012, 05:06 PM
Go ahead with authentic proofs.

Sure. Just out of curiosity, could you share - what you think is the prime reason for the alarming sex ratio decline if not forced abortions of the girl child?

DrRajpalSingh
June 20th, 2012, 06:50 PM
It is not an issue in Haryana anymore like it used to be in late 80s and 90s. I don't know about rest of India. Sponsored Media and media sponsored NGO's had blown and are blowing the matter out of proportion. Don't get carried away.

Friend, It is a very serious issue. The Department of Social Welfare and Child Welfare, Government of Haryana is seized of the issue with its mission as:



:: VISION ::





Haryana as a State where :
1. Every girl child, like her brother, is allowed to be born, where every child, whether boy or girl,
grows up loved and wanted, healthy, well nourished, well looked after and enrolled in school.
2. Women are treated with respect and dignity, their health, education, safety and security
concerns are understood and taken care of, and they are allowed to enjoy all the rights
available to men and have both the ability and the opportunity to contribute to all walks of
life.

To achieve the above vision, the following would be done over a five year period :
http://wcdhry.gov.in/images/bullet_g.gif First priority would be to arrest the declining sex ratio and address the problem of
female foeticide.
The following approach would be adopted:
a) In order to increase the number of girls being born, a special incentive based scheme would be started for families who give birth to two girl children and security provided by way of earlier old age pension to such families as have only girl children. In the first instance the scheme for the birth of two girl children would be started; the scheme for pension would be started later after carrying out a detailed survey to assess the financial implication for the State. Over a period of time, these measures would help in changing the mind set about the girl child and add value to her.
b) providing awards to rural adolescent girls to encourage them to pursue higher studies.
c) Working closely with the Health Department for enforcing the PNDT Act.
d) Reserving jobs for women within their categories.
e) Changing the mind set of society about gender and the girl child. Schools would be targeted for doing so since boys and girls are still at an impressionable age and their thinking can be influenced:
i) Education Department would be requested to revise school curricula to make it child and gender friendly.
ii) Convention on the rights of the child and convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women would be disseminated to all students from class-IX onwards to generate awareness about problems and rights of children and women.
iii) Education Department would be requested to start Social Awareness Clubs in all High and Senior Secondary Schools which would be encouraged to go out to the community and conduct surveys on the prevalence of socially retrograde practices such as female foeticide, dowry etc. This apart from generating data about such problems would also create awareness in society about the existence of the problems and its baneful effects on society.
iv) Core Constituency of educated and aware men and women would be created and founded in every village and town locality. This body would act as a bull-wark in the fight against prevalent social evils. They would be trained to monitor and keep track of such practices, oppose such practices and help build a consensus in civil societies about the need to give up such practices.
v) Main streaming gender concerns in society by persuading Gram Panchayats and Municipal Committees to make the discussion of declining sex ratio, female foeticide, early child marriage, nutritional status of children and other social evils etc. as a compulsory item for discussion in their regular meetings.



The above details are perhaps sufficient to understand the issue in more objective manner.

For further statistical details log in Haryana Government website on Census and also see Department of Social Welfaare and Child Development weblink out which the above quote has been taken verbatism.

Regards