63 Million Missing Women...........

Jonathan Abbamonte

Population Research Institute

Millions of women have gone missing from India’s population due to persistent, deep-seated male bias and extreme son preference.

According to a recent report from the Government of India, a staggering 63 million women are now missing from India’s population. The report estimates that nearly 2 million women are lost every year. The report further estimates that an additional 21 million girls are “unwanted” by their parents who would have preferred a boy instead.

The figures were released by the Indian Ministry of Finance in its Economic Survey 2017-2018 this January.

There are a number of reasons why the gender gap between men and women in India is so large.


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