Gap between male and female registered birth rates falls further in 2013
Q. New data from the Office of the Registrar General of India has found that there are ______ females for every 1000 males in 2013.- Published on 19 Oct 15a. 888
b. 898
c. 900
d. 910
ANSWER: 898
Regardless of the 2011 census indicating a worsening sex ratio, gap between male and female registered births in India fell in 2012 and 2013. India’s Civil Registration System administered by office of Registrar General of India that conducts its decadal census constitutes officially registered birth and death data. Currently, all births and deaths must be registered within 21 days of their occurrence.RGI has estimated around 85.5% of all births are now registered in 2013 with 17 of the states registering all births and Bihar as well as UP attaining only 57.4 and 68.6 percent registrations. Sex ratio will also improve as level of registration improves. Sex ratio at birth has now fallen to 898 girls for every 1000 boys in 2013. Experts say as family size gets smaller, pressure for one of two children to be a boy escalates.
