In Haryana it is still cheaper and easier to buy a ready-made bride from Kerala or Assam than bringing up your own daughters. But sometimes such outsourced marriages take a very ugly turn. Thirteen-year-old Moena Majhi from 24 Paraganas in West Bengal was conned into marrying Ashok, a widower from Haryana.
Pre-natal sex determination is more prevalent among prosperous classes.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/10-lakh-girls-missing-from-indian-population/60570-3.html
Foeticide is shockingly common in the state's Nayagarh district.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/30-female-foetuses-found-from-garbage-dump-in-orissa/45436-3.html
The Madhya Pradesh government has asked cases against sonography centres for gender tests to be registered in court.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mp-govt-gets-tough-on-gender-tests/33034-17.html
Things are looking up for the fair sex with more and more locals celebrating Lohris for their girl child In Punjab.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/finally-lohri-for-girls-in-punjab/31137-3.html
The problem of female foeticide has significantly worsened since 1991, says a UNICEF report.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-falls-short-of-7000-girls-daily/28313-17.html
The good news is that 42 per cent population of the country is employed. More people are employed in rural areas.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/special-here-is-where-the-jobs-are/22805-7.html
Discrimination does not end at female foeticide, thousands of girls in Haryana are given derogatory names.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/where-unwanted-girls-are-kaafi/21297-3.html
China's one child per family policy means men clearly outnumber women in the population.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/it-really-is-a-mans-world-in-china/19034-2.html
Thirty-five decomposed foetuses have been recovered from a well near a hospital in Punjab, offficials said.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/35-female-foetuses-found-in-a-well/18160-3.html
The government claims that the sex ratio of 819 girls per 1,000 males in the 0-six years age group has improved.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ladli-helps-improve-haryana-sex-ratio/17076-3.html
Female foeticide isn't a phenomenon restricted to rural India. Affluent South Delhi has some terrifying statistics.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/posh-south-delhi-has-low-sex-ratio/14441-3.html
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