{"id":12309,"date":"2024-06-14T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12309"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:19:13","slug":"bihar-118-ultrasound-centres-sealed-in-6-districts-for-violations-under-pndt-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/bihar-118-ultrasound-centres-sealed-in-6-districts-for-violations-under-pndt-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar: 118 ultrasound centres sealed in 6 districts for violations under PNDT Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many as 118 ultrasound centres have been sealed and further action initiated against 172 others for violations under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques ( of Sex Selection) [PC&PNDT] Act, 1994, in six districts in Bihar.<\/p>\n

Bihars declining sex ratio at birth, down from 934 per 1,000 males in National Family Health<\/a> Survey (NFHS)-4 (data period 2015-16) to 908 in NFHS-5 (2019-20), pointing to an unholy practice of female foeticide even as the national Average<\/a> improved from 919 to 929 during the same period has led the State Government<\/a> to act tough against diagnostic centres indulging in pre-birth sex determination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some districts like Muzaffarpur showed an alarming decline in the sex ratio at birth from 930 females per 1,000 males in NFHS-4 to 685 in NFHS-5, a whopping difference of 245.<\/p>\n

Sarans was second worst with 779 female children in NFHS-5 as compared to 976 in NFHS-4, a difference of -197. Darbhanga had 812 female children (NFHS-5) as compared to 982 (NFHS-4), Samastipur 890 as compared to 1,049, and Madhubani 954 as compared to 805 during the same period, as per government data.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Haryana, infamous for female foeticide, had shown an improvement in sex ratio from 836 to 893 during NFHS-4 and NFHS-5, respectively.<\/p>\n

State capital Patna was better even as it registered a drop in female childbirth from 1,017 in NFHS-4 to 1,002 in NFHS-5, as per data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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