Chandigarh, May 15 -- In a yet another push to combat sex-selective abortions and improve the sex ratio in Haryana, additional chief secretary (ACS-health) Sudhir Rajpal on Wednesday issued a set of directives to all deputy commissioners (DCs), urging them to treat the fight against female foeticide as a personal priority.

Chairing a state-wide meeting with all DCs, the ACS (Health) Rajpal reviewed the government's efforts under the flagship 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign, stressing the need to intensify measures to curb female foeticide. Rajpal emphasised that the campaign against illegal gender detection and the unlawful distribution of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits must be given top priority by the health department...