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POPS Haryana's sex ratio changes drastically This is excellent news... 'Successive state governments have taken various measures. Besides coming down heavily on private clinics doing sex determination tests that was attributed to the rising incidents of female foeticide, the state administration announced monetary incentives to parents giving birth to girl child, free education and government help in the form of cash at the time of their marriage.'
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POPS Tamil Nadu's child sex ratio falls further "In 1960s, Tamil Nadu's juvenile sex ratio (0-6 years) was 995 female/1,000 male births; in 2001 it was 939/1,000 male births," said P. Phavalam, convenor of the Campaign Against Sex Selective Abortion