{"id":12920,"date":"2024-06-14T15:31:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12920"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:31:10","slug":"gender-ratio-at-birth-falls-below-400-in-20-kurukshetra-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/gender-ratio-at-birth-falls-below-400-in-20-kurukshetra-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender ratio at birth falls below 400 in 20 Kurukshetra villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The gender ratio at birth in 20 villages of Kurukshetra in Haryana was recorded below 400 in 2022 while the districts ratio dropped by 28 points from 921 in 2021 to 893 last year.<\/p>\n<p>Alarmed at the decline given Haryana&#8217;s gender ratio of 917 girls born per 1,000 boys, the district authorities have zeroed in on 80 of the 419 villages that have seen a decline in the ratio. A decision has been taken to hold monthly review meetings with auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs), accredited social <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/health\">Health<\/a> activists (ASHAs) and other health officials concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 20 villages on the district administrations radar, Barachpur recorded an alarming gender ratio of 77 last year. Inhabited mostly by Scheduled Cates and Backward Classes, the village has a <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/population\">Population<\/a> of around 1,000. As per the Health Departments data, 14 children were born in the village in 2022, of whom 13 were boys. The situation was different in 2021 when a gender ratio of 909 was recorded with the birth of 11 boys and 10 girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gender ratio at birth in 20 villages of Kurukshetra in Haryana was recorded below 400 in 2022 while the districts ratio dropped by 28 points from 921 in 2021 to 893 last year. 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