India will have 68 lakh fewer daughters due to abortion in 2030

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. Monday, August 31, 2020

Across India, about 6.8 million girls will be born less by 2030 due to selective abortion, according to a recent survey.

The survey found that Uttar Pradesh would have the lowest number of girls born. King Abdullah Uni. The winter, a joint venture between the University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia and the University of Paris, found a big difference in gender.

Abortion of girls against the will of a son since the 1970s has led to a sharp imbalance in the number of boys and girls. Embryos are killed in some places for the longing of the son. Unlike other countries affected by such imbalances, India is considered unique due to its gender differences. This was previously seen at the national level in the imbalance of sex ratio in India.

The report, published in the latest survey in PLOS ONE magazine, covered 29 major states and union territories in India. That covered 98.4 percent of the 2011 census.

In 21 of the 21 states or union territories with the highest birth rates, people favored the son. The highest number of people wanted a son in northern India. Across India, 29 state-level projections will see a 68 lakh drop in the number of girls between 2017 and 2030, the researchers said.