DECLINING SEX RATIO AT BIRTH IN INDIA: IMPLICATION OF SEX DETERMINATION TECHNOLOGY MISUSE

N Chendrayudu; C Prabhavathamma

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v9i1.2

Year: 2020, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-8

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DECLINING SEX RATIO AT BIRTH IN INDIA: IMPLICATION OF SEX DETERMINATION TECHNOLOGY MISUSE

N Chendrayudu¹, C Prabhavathamma²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, S.V. University, Tirupati, 517502, Andhra Pradesh, India
²Principal, APSWR School and Jr. College, Adapur, Nandalur Mandal, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India

Received Date:22 February 2020, Accepted Date:18 May 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

The paper examined decline sex ratio at birth in India and its major states. Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) refereed to male births per female births. As of 2014, the global sex ratio at birth was estimated at 107 boys to 100 girls. At present, declining sex ratio at birth deemed to be a silent emergency. But the crisis emerged as real, and its persistence has profound and frightening implications for society and the future of humankind.

Keywords: Sex Ratio at Birth; Child Sex Ratio; Sex Determination Tests and Female Foetus Abortions

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