Expressing her serious concern over the declining male and female sex ratio, Rajasthan Commission for Women chairperson Lad Kumari Jain today said 187 out of 1,000 girls were missing in the country.
"If this trend of missing girls was not contained now, by 2021 the girls existence would be frightening," Jain said while addressing a workshop on sex ratio here.
"Crime against women and declining sex ratio should be a major concern of the state and central governments and public should be made aware of girls' importance in the family," she said.
Speaking on the occasion, Rajasthan Women and Child Development Minister Bina Kak said her department's new child policy would help to increase sex ratio in the society as there were a number of encouraging schemes for pregnant women and women empowerment.
As per 2011 census, the sex ratio in Rajasthan was 926 against 1000 male which was below the national average of 940 female per 1000 male.
