Impressed by actor Aamir Khan taking an initiative in curbing female foeticide , the Maharashtra government is trying to rope him to rectify Maharashtra's skewed sex ratio.
Maharashtra health minister Suresh Shetty has written a four-page letter to the actor, congratulating him on taking up this social issue and also urging him to associate himself with the state government's drive to stop female foeticide.
The letter comes after the census figures for 2011 showed how the state's child sex ratio was 833 girls per 1000 boys, considerably lower than the national average of 914 girls per 1,000 boys.
The state government is worried as the percentage of females being born in comparison to males is witnessing a steady decline. In 2001, the state had 883 girls being born per 1,000 boys.
Rural areas are the worst affected. Beed in Marathwada has the lowest average with 801 girls being born per 1,000 boys.
It's not just rural areas but, ironically, even urban areas are witnessing a steady decline. For instance, in Mumbai, the figure has declined from 922 girls in 2001 to 874 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011.
Shetty, in his letter to Aamir, has also written how stringent steps have been taken by the state to prosecute doctors who conduct sex determination tests.
Aamir is not the first actor that the state government has approached in this regard. It had earlier approached Ajay Devgan and his wife Kajol, who have a daughter and a son.
Maharashtra health minister Suresh Shetty has written a four-page letter to the actor, congratulating him on taking up this social issue and also urging him to associate himself with the state government's drive to stop female foeticide.
The letter comes after the census figures for 2011 showed how the state's child sex ratio was 833 girls per 1000 boys, considerably lower than the national average of 914 girls per 1,000 boys.
The state government is worried as the percentage of females being born in comparison to males is witnessing a steady decline. In 2001, the state had 883 girls being born per 1,000 boys.
Rural areas are the worst affected. Beed in Marathwada has the lowest average with 801 girls being born per 1,000 boys.
It's not just rural areas but, ironically, even urban areas are witnessing a steady decline. For instance, in Mumbai, the figure has declined from 922 girls in 2001 to 874 girls for every 1,000 boys in 2011.
Shetty, in his letter to Aamir, has also written how stringent steps have been taken by the state to prosecute doctors who conduct sex determination tests.
Aamir is not the first actor that the state government has approached in this regard. It had earlier approached Ajay Devgan and his wife Kajol, who have a daughter and a son.
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