Indian families offered cash to stop abortion of girl foetuses
The scheme announced by the Indian authorities will carry a number of requirements if families are to receive the money. The lump sum will be paid once the daughter reaches the age of 18 and can prove that she has been to school. Her nutrition and health will also be checked and for the family to receive the money, the young woman must not be married
70% children in India anaemic
Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that 69.5 percent of children in the age group of six to 59 months are suffering from anaemia of which 63 percent are in the urban areas and 71.5 percent in the rural areas.
'10 lakh girls missing from Indian population'
"Female foeticide is an extreme manifestation of violence against women. Female fetuses are selectively aborted after pre-natal sex determination, thus avoiding the birth of girls. As a result of selective abortion, about 10 lakh girls are missing from the Indian Population,"
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A day will come, not too late, when we will not be counting of how many girls we have lost, but of how many are left. We are hitting at the roots of our existance dear!!
Please read my emotional book on female foeticide 'Yaha kaisi vidai' written by Dr D.U.Pathak General Surgeon Jabalpur (MP) you can ask for it on dupathak@gmail.com
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