One of the disturbing features of 2001 population census results is the declining in Juvenile Sex ratio, from 945 girls per 1000 boys in 1991 to 927 in 2001 (18 point decline) in India and from 975 to 964 (11 point decline) in A.P. This decline has been very rapid in the four economically developed states (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat). Prof. Asish Bose called these States as DEMARU States (D for daughters, E for elimination or extinction, Maru ...
