{"id":10182,"date":"2011-04-21T16:33:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=10182"},"modified":"2011-04-21T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T11:03:49","slug":"falling-child-sex-ratio-is-national-shame-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/falling-child-sex-ratio-is-national-shame-pm","title":{"rendered":"Falling child sex ratio is national shame: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/falling-child-sex-ratio-is-national-shame-pm\/foeticide\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?fit=188%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"188,142\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"foeticide\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?fit=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?fit=188%2C142&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10183\" title=\"foeticide\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?resize=188%2C142&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?w=188&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/04\/foeticide.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a>Calling for a &#8220;crusade&#8221; to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a &#8220;national shame&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women &#8220;have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. They have broken existing barriers to prove their worth in almost every sphere&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But, he said, &#8220;the falling child sex ratio (as shown in the latest census data) is an indictment of our social values&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Manmohan Singh said this couldn&#8217;t be improved by merely strict compliance with the existing laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is more important is how we view and value the girl child in our society,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the census data, the child sex ratio in the country (0-6 years) has touched the lowest levels since independence.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001 it was was 927 females per 1000 males born, which declined to 914 females per 1000 males in 2010-11 Census.<\/p>\n<p>Manmohan Singh said: &#8220;It is a national shame for us that despite this, female foeticide and infanticide continue in many parts of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the &#8220;social bias against women has to be fought with all the physical and moral resources at our command. There has to be a national campaign to counter this bias and I expect civil servants to play a big role in launching a crusade against it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling for a &#8220;crusade&#8221; to curb bias against women, prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a &#8220;national shame&#8221;. Addressing bureaucrats at a function here, Manmohan Singh said Indian girls and women &#8220;have done us proud in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the sports field. 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