Haryana: Strict measures to check sex determination tests

He discussed plans with the officials to better the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act under the 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' campaign.

"During the Haryana Swarna Jayanti Utsav function in Gurugram on November 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had appreciated Haryana for the good work done under Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign," he said.

In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, work is in progress of collecting village and municipal area-wise data of sex ratio in Jind and Panipat districts under a pilot project which would be made online soon, Gupta said.

He directed the officials to upload data by the 15th of every month.

"The ideal sex ratio should be 950 females per 1,000 males. Therefore officials of each district should make efforts to achieve this target," Gupta said.

The state government has been running a special campaign since May 2015 for strict implementation of the Acts, he said.

It was informed that recently the Delhi Government had assured the Haryana chief minister of its full support in improving sex ratio and eliminating female foeticide.