Don't trash this law, the fault lies in non-implementation

"The campaign against female foeticide will remain hypocritical and superficial as long as the nexus among profiteering doctors, politicians and bureaucrats continues to make a mockery of the legal provisions."

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Don't trash this law, the fault lies in non-implementation: The use of sex selection technologies to abort female foetuses is linked to the increasing devaluation and dis-empowerment of women is well known. It is a truism that the law alone can never rid society of crimes linked to systemic discrimination and oppression. India on a trajectory of exclusive growth is strengthening and adding to inequalities based on class, caste, gender, community. Elected governments must be held accountable at different levels.

Issues of women's economic rights, of employment, of rights in decision making are critical in policies to enhance women's status. Any comprehensive national response to negative sex ratios must surely include these aspects which would be of far more use than the incentives being offered through inconsequential cash transfer scheme!