United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government declared Jan 24 as "National Girl Child Day" to raise awareness about sex-selection abortion and female infant abandonment. The date marks the day in 1966 that Indira Gandhi took over as the first woman Prime Minister of India.
Decades arrived and vanished but the sex ratio goes on decreasing. Even now girl child is thrown wrapped in black polythene bags and also doctors conduct ultrasonographic tests to find out the sex of unborn child and to kill female foeticide. As a result United Nations says an estimated 2000 unborn girls are illegally aborted every day in India. This has led to declined sex ratio & situation is more critical in Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh as well as in capital New Delhi where a census in 2001 showed that there are less than 800 girls for every 1000 boys.
UPA has declared Jan 24 as National Girl Child Day but real tribute to girl child is to celebrate every day as girl child day, celebrate her identity as equal member of her family, her community, and her country. Let us become a part of great initiative to save girl child. Every girl child has right to live. Women are wealth of this country. Let the girl child bloom otherwise we'll never see great personalities like Kalpana Chawla, Indira Gandhi, Lata Mangeshkar, Sania Mirza, Kiran Bedi and many more who have made us proud in every field.
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