Even after India's much touted economic growth in the last decade, Indian mindset is still feudalistic, and this is evident from the provisional census data for 2011. According to the census report, the 1.21 billion strong country has displayed the worst child sex ratio post independence, a reference point to support the argument that the ugliest side of humanity doesn't connote to how filthily rich a person is, rather how he does prefer to enjoy his fatherhood of a male child by discarding the female one by exploring the medical technologies widely available in a consumer world.
This is, of course, not a freedom of social or family choice, but a collective criminal mentality that has been haunting us for many decades. We must admit now that India still struggles to escape from the dark age of gender bias despite increased literacy and emerging economic freedom. Though many startling reports on female foeticide have been highlighted in media, the government hasn't done any significant reformation in policy level to check this social disgrace.
The report reveals that the sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) for 0-6 age group has dramatically plunged to 914 in 2011, from 927 in 2001. A fact that looks not only dismal, but terrifyingly disgusting. And the contributors to this hall of shame are none other than Haryana (830), Punjab (846), and J&K (859) those score the bottom three. The alarming news is that the female foeticide is unbelievably high among the economically affluent society, a trend needs to be corrected soon, lest it becomes a dangerous proposition for social balance.
However, there is something to cheer about: the population growth rate has been decelerated (a trend essential for the development of this 2nd most populous nation in the world) compared to 2001 trend and the literacy rate been increased, especially the female literacy. The national literacy rate has increased from 64.83 in 2001, to 74.04 in 2011.
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