Missing Girls in North East India: An Analysis

Abstract

The much talked fact of missing girls in the society is not restricted to the North Western region of India only, rather North Eastern region (states comprises of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim) slowly but certainly has experienced a declining trend in Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) and Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in the last two decades. This paper analyses the recent trends in SRB and CSR with a concern for increasing number of missing girls in the North East states of India.