Upward Mobility, Downward Morality

Census 2011 India: Shocking gender bias among 17.5% humanity - The Economic Times: "NEW DELHI: India is now home to 17.5% of humanity, as the population touched 1.21 billion, up 17.4% from 2001, according to the provisional figures of the 2011 Census. The rate of growth of population showed a sharp downward trend, and fell 3.9 percentage points from 2001.

The country posted its worst child sex ratio since independence, as the ugly preference for the male child in many parts of the country zoomed alongside India's much-feted economic growth.

According to the provisional census figures released on Thursday, the sex ratio (the number of females per 1,000 males) for the 0-6 age group, has dramatically dropped to 914 in 2011, from 927 in 2001. This means in a decade when the country enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, it also became a terrifyingly hostile place to be conceived or born as a girl."