More girls were born in Maharashtra in past 2 years

Girl power is on the rise in Maharashtra. The state government’s birth registration figures reveal that more girls were born in 2017 compared with the two previous years. This is the second highest sex ratio since 2013.

In 2016, the sex ratio at birth in the state was 904 girls per 1,000 boys, which improved to 913 for newborns in 2017. This is the highest in three years – the figure for 2015 was 907, down from 914 in 2014. This sex ratio based on registered births was 900 five years ago.

“The civil registration system’s provisional figures show an upward trend for the sex ratio in 2017,” said a senior health department official. The report is based on the Civil Registration System (CRS) which records births and deaths under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969.

“The figures suggest that the sex ratio has improved in districts like Wardha, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nanded and Jalna, while it has declined in Jalgaon, Yavatmal and Hingoli,” the official explained. In Mumbai, the child sex ratio has shown a rise since 2013, when it was 930, to 937 in 2016 and 938 in 2017.

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