Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the government has initiated a range of welfare measures to improve the gender disparity.
Admitting that the skewed child sex ratio in Delhi was a matter of concern, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said the government has initiated a range of welfare measures to improve the gender disparity.
Citing government statistics in the last five years, Dikshit said, in 2008, the sex ratio had improved, but it dropped in 2010 despite introduction of a number schemes like Laadli Yojna, to save the girl child.
As per census 2011 data, Delhi's sex ratio of children up to six years of age has dropped to 866 girls per 1,000 boys from 868 girls in 2001. The child sex ratio of Delhi is much below the national average of 914.
"The female and male sex ratio in Delhi is not healthy. In 2008, we had about 1,004 females against 1,000 males. But, 2010 witnessed a drop. It is surely a matter of concern," Dikshit said at a function to celebrate the National Girl Child Day.
Dikshit said that despite a ban, some nursing homes continue to conduct prenatal sex determination tests and added that her government was determined to come down hard on them.
"Female foeticide is also a moral and social issue. We appeal to people to save the girl child. The government is chalking out a multi-pronged strategy to address the problem and achieve 100 per cent success," she said.
Women and Child Welfare Minister Kiran Walia yesterday had blamed inadequate health infrastructure in neighbouring states for the decline in number of girls against per thousand boys in the city.
She had said lack of proper medical infrastructure in neighbouring states forces pregnant women there to come to Delhi for deliveries and when a baby dies during or after delivery, it reflects on statistics of Delhi.
Walia today said the government has zero tolerance for killing girl child.
Over 2,000 women and anganwadi workers today celebrated the National Girl Child Day at the function organised by the Delhi government where a number of anganwadi workers were awarded for their performances.
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