· There are various laws imposed by the govt from time to time.
· All these laws are for the benefit of the society in general.
· Without these laws we would be living in utter chaos.
· The law I am going to talk about here is PNDT act i.e. Pre Natal Diagnostic technique Act.
· This was first enforced in 1994 and then amended in 2002.
· In this there is a fine of Rs 1 lack, imprisonment and cancellation of the registration of the Doctor who is caught doing the test.
· It is a disgrace for the Indian society which considers the birth of a girl child as a bad investment in future.
· She is considered a consumer rather than a producer and this narrow view point has led to practices like female foeticide.
· The situation is worst in Punjab.
· In many parts there are only 700 girls per 1000 boys.
· This decline in sex ratio might lead to degradation of moral values of society resulting in
- Polyandry
- violence against women
- red trafficking.
· This low is being strictly implemented but still there is a fear that there is a fear that these practices are going on in the back street.
· I feel that law alone is not sufficient .
· Other measures like-
- Providing old-age-pension to parents who have no son.
- Free and compulsory education for girls.
- Job reservation for women
- and equal share in property would also help.
· In the end I would like to say that all of us have to work together to form a gender balanced society.
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