Aurangabad Feb 18 PTI BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde has expressed concern over the declining sex ratio particularly in Beed district of the state In a video tweet the BJP secretary said Since 2009 I have been working with NGOs with the aim of improving the sex ratio at birth in Beed district When I got the women and child welfare portfolio in the previous government the first scheme that was rolled out was for improving the female birth ratio The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques PCPNDT Act is not being implemented effectively in the district which is leading to the decline in the female birth ratio which was 961 earlier per 1000 males Munde who hails from Beed said People should work together and make efforts together to improve the sex ratio she said Talking to PTI Beed district civil surgeon Dr Suresh Sable said The female child birth ratio of the district was 797 in 2011-12 while it was 928 in December 2021 We take a review of all the centres related to child birth every three months and if we find any anomaly we take strict action PTI AW NP NP
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