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Kashmir doubles reward for tip-offs on illegal sex tests
Wednesday November 30, 2011 05:05:44 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: Strengthening
measures to curb the practice of illegal sex determination in
various ultrasound centres across Jammu and Kashmir, the state
government Tuesday doubled the reward for those providing
information about such activity from Rs.25,000 to Rs.50,000.
The announcement was made by Minister for Health and Family
Welfare Sham Lal Sharma at a meeting of the officers of his
department here.
He sought the support of the society to improve sex ratio, as
"only government efforts are not adequate to deal with this human
and sensitive issue and people from all walks have to come forward
in collective to fight against this inhuman trend of female
foeticide".
Jammu and Kashmir has a ratio of 963 girls to 1,000 boys, as
revealed in the latest census conducted across the state.
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