New Delhi: India has made notable progress in reducing sex-based discrimination, with 12 states recording a sex ratio at birth (SRB) higher than the national average of 917, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Tuesday.

He was chairing the 31st meeting of the Central Supervisory Board (CSB) here to review the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC and PNDT) Act and to assess the progress made since the last meeting.

Under the PC and PNDT Act , the central government is entrusted with the responsibility to combat the misuse of medical technologies for sex determination and selection.

The primary concern discussed during the meeting was the ongoing battle against sex-based discrimination, leading to sex selection or determination, followed by

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