Sex Ratio Data Manipulation-Haryana CM suspends 2 officers

According to recent media reports, the Registrar and Sub-Registrar (Birth and Death) of Municipal Council, Palwal, had provided data in March this year as per which 1,217 girls for 1000 boys were shown as born in the council area, but the office of Director General, Health Services, Haryana-cum-Chief Registrar (Births and Deaths), recorded the birth of 950 girls for 1,000 boys in the state, reports IANS

“The Palwal MC officials were responsible for fudging the figures in Palwal, while the officers posted at state headquarters of health department were responsible for the Narnaul episode,” added the officer.

Health Minister Anil Vij in May had ordered a probe into the reported manipulation of figures of the child sex ratio in some districts of Haryana.

“The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign was effectively launched in May 2015 and by the end of 2015 the sex ratio had gone up to 876. In 2016, it touched the mark of 900, while it’s 909 for first eight months of this year,” Rakesh Gupta, Additional Principal Secretary to the CM told Express.