India’s sex ratio at birth improved with 917 females per 1000 males in 2021-23: Centre

Updated On: 07 October, 2025 03:00 PM IST | New Delhi |

Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare added women by birth are more resilient and have a stronger immune system, hence the survival of a female child is more possible naturally than a male child

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Strengthening the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act has led to an improvement in the Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB), with 917 females per 1,000 males recorded in 2021-23, said Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Monday, October 6.

Speaking at a National Sensitisation Meeting on Strengthening the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, she highlighted the progress made in the SRB over the last decade.