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· Since 1961, there has been a steady decline in child sex ratio
o 1961- 976 2011-914
· 2011 census indicates that many districts have a sex ratio of elss than 850
· Another surprising finding is that sex ratio in urban areas is lower than that in rural areas
· This clearly indicates that prosperity and education are ahving no impact on the value systems of people
· Medical technology which were aimed towards detecting genetic disorders are being misused for sex selective abortions
· The skewed sex ratio in 1991 census led to the enactment of pre natal diagnostic techniques act 1994
· But it failed to arrest the slide in ratio because of collusion between people and medical fraternity
· The root cause for this trend lies in the patriarchal society which is supported by religious customs and beliefs
· It is this that leads to dastardly acts like
o Female infanticides
o Dowry
o Sati
· There has been an ethical collapse in our society
· For long government has tried tackling the issue from a medico legal angle
· But this problem needs to be looked at from socio cultural angle
· The only way to arrest this trend is to replace patriarchal society with an egalitarian society
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