SRINAGAR: Sex ratio in Jammu and Kahmir has started improving after a number of steps were taken to stop female foesticide.
Against 859 for 1,000 in the age group of 0-6 years in 2011 census, it has increased to 913 in 2013, Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan informed the Legislative Council.
He said in 2013, 669 inspections have been made and many illegal USG centres have been sealed and cases registered against law violators.
He said as many as 270 USG clinics are registered under the Act in which 48 are government run while 222 are private clinics, adding that registration of 27 USG clinics has been renewed and as many as 185 are registered.
Mr Khan assured the Upper House that Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act will be strictly implemented in the state to check attempts of female foeticide.
The Minister was replying to a discussion raised by Dr Shehnaz Ganai on the killing of female foetus going on in the state and implementation of PNDT.
