Have two kids to balance sex ratio, says Acharya

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BELGAUM: Higher Education Minister V S Acharya advised couples change their tendency of having only one child and urged them to go..

BELGAUM: Higher Education Minister V S Acharya advised couples change their tendency of having only one child and urged them to go for two children for a balanced society. Participating in a World Population Day programme organised by the district administration at Kittur on Monday, Acharya said that about five decades ago, couples' used to have more than two children.
"About a decade ago, it became a trend to have two children. Now couples prefer only one child," the minister averred.Acharya listed out problems in families and the nation if families started having only one child.

He stressed on the need for financially weaker families to avoid having more children and called the officials of the Health Department, NGOs and students to educate such families about the illeffect of having larger families. The minister also called for enforcing the ban on sex determination of foetuses. He said in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Hassan and Kodagu districts, the male and female ratio was almost even a few years ago but now it has now come down.