HARYANA SETS EXAMPLE

The Haryana government recently declared that the state achieved a sex ratio of 900 girls for 1,000 boys in 2016. This is in contrast to 2011 when the state had the worst sex ratio of 834:1000. The improvement in sex ratio at birth is due to the drive against sex selection, selective abortion and female foeticide. NARINDER SINGH CHAUHAN, PATIALA