On 30 June 2018 at 03:05, V M <[email protected]> wrote: > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/has- > india-failed-to-safeguard-welfare-of-women/articleshow/64799999.cms > > > moment due to pernicious female foeticide and infanticide that > persists in many states in India. According to the ministry of > statistics and programme implementation, “The reduction in sex ratio > of youth is found to be much more than that of the overall population. > It has come down to 939 in 2011 as compared to 961 in 1971 and is > projected to decline further to 904 in 2021 and 898 in 2031.” In > Haryana, there are already fewer than 860 women per 1000 males. > > Here in Goa, there are both positive and negative trends apparent. The > overall figures are better than the (very bad) national average. But > the Catholic minority is 1129 women per 1000 men, while the Hindu > majority is only 929. >
COMMENT: It is sad that Hindus by and large deliberately choose, the sex of their offspring. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
