Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda speaks to Asad Rehman about sex ratio in Haryana, its decline, and the road ahead

You spoke in the Lok Sabha about the issue of sex ratio in Haryana. Can you elaborate on this?

From 2011 to 2019, we saw that the sex ratio was improving, and it improved from 875 to 926. 2020 onwards, the sex ratio has started dipping again. The sex ratio has been reported this year as 906… Even PM Narendra Modi had launched the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme in 2015 in Panipat. From then, till 2019, there was improvement. I am giving a very objective viewpoint here.

What is the source of data which says that sex ratio in the state this year is 906?

These numbers have been reported by the Haryana government. And in the last six months, we have seen the media in Haryan

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