Inspite of best efforts of PM slogan of "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" and banning od sex determination by very strict PNDT laws and strict punishment for abortion of girl child, The study, published in the journal Lancet Global Health, has found that there is on an average 239,000 excess deaths each year of girls under the age of five owing to neglect due to gender discrimination. The numbers which are particularly higher in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, are mostly due to unwanted childbearing and subsequent neglect.
For too long, the focus has been only on prenatal sex selection, said co-researcher from the Universite Paris Descartes in France.“Gender-based discrimination towards girls doesn’t simply prevent them from being born, it may also precipitate the death of those who are born,” he said. The figures which are around 2.4 million in a decade can only be checked with…
