Monday, May 9, 2011

The alarming requirement to uplift the female birthrate.. or the consequences would be horrific!!!

Gujarati literature’s immortal compilation of father’s torrential affection towards his daughter dearest... DIKARI VAHAAL NO DARIYO..
And,
This eternal expression can not be bounded by area, region or language..
It is fondness and bonding that is universally analogous.
Yet, it is heartbreaking reality that shakes our being, that in the progressive state of Maharashtra, about four and a half lakhs female infenticides have not been welcomed on this pious soil and they have been exterminated before entering this world, in the last decade.
Taking into account, the numbers of 2011 census, with the exception of Vidrabha region, at each province the integers of female have decreased considerably.
And,
That is frightening!!!
The following table will provide an insight into this alarming veracity.
2001 2011
1. Beed 894 801
2. Jalgaon 880 829
3. Ahmednagar884 839
4. Buldhana 908 842
5. Kolhapur 839 845
6. Aurangabad890 848
7. Pune 902 873
8. Mumbai 922 874
9. Thane 931 918.
Under “Lake Ladki Abhiyan”, the Sex Determination Test and Selection of preferred sex of the child were banned by the govt. a few years ago. In 2003, the Hon. Supreme Court announced a committee of State wise Observers, who would conduct a meeting every four months. The person, who splinter the law formed, in this regard would be evicted in the court of law and would have to pay, the fine of 10,000 Rs. and strict jail for three years. The numbers of Sonography machines, which is important instrument to check on the growth and condition of the unborn, has touched 78,000...
But,
Sorrowfully, they are being utilized for determining the sex of the fetus.
And,
We, have robustly declared 50% reservation for women in Govt. profession as well as political posts and contest elections for the municipalities.
In the forthcoming Corporation Election, of the state approaching in the early next year, 50% of women will be contesting elections and occupying prestigious positions..
But,
Looking at the current scenario of female ratio, falling drastically, it is an disquieting picture that is being painted in front of our eyes. The law, of providing equal opportunities to the womenfolk has been paralyzed from its very beginning. The important issue, that has nurtured this germ of equal opening to the female counterpart, has been to provide the down trodden and compressed women, a prospect to grow along side the male and to rub their shoulders, with equal footing.
Forlornly, the distressing figures of corrosion in number of females born, per male, projects a very very terrifying situation of tomorrow. The reservation for female spacies, upto 50% offers an occasion for every women belonging to any caste, creed or religion to grab a seat to contest as much as the men.
But,
The level of education, not upto the mark, especially in the rural areas, unable the females belonging to remotest corner to enjoy the fruits of the huge chance, bestowed upon them.
And,
With the numerals projecting the daughters being born per sons, descending downwards, it is an alarming moment for future generations. Their decreasing numbers pose threat, to the reservation that has been offered.
And,
It is equally essential to educate the population, regarding the gender equality, as to confer them with the reservations to equip them to enjoy the fruits of the benefit awarded to them..

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