ANNUAL REPORT 2014 – 2015

STATE PC & PNDT CELL

DIRECTORATE OF FAMILY WELFARE, GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA

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Background

There are several institutions (Government and non-government) that are attempting to

bring in changes in the practices related with the discrimination against the Girl Child in

India. Discrimination against the Girl Child is a very serious social problem prevailing in

India. The social-economic-cultural thinking in India promotes preference for male child.

Breaking law and indulging in illegal activities is also an acceptable practise for fulfilling

that desire for male child amongst the Indian families. Odisha, is one among the eight socio

economically backward states - Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha,

Rajasthan, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Empowered Action Group

(EAG) states that have all shown definite drop in the child sex ratio.

Census of India, (2011: Provisional Data) has revealed the worst child sex ratio (0-6 years)

since independence. The sex ratio is defined as the ratio of males to females in a population,

and is generally expressed per 100 females. In India sex ratio is expressed as number of

female per 1000 male. Biologically normal child sex ratio ranges from 102 to 106 male per

100 female, converting the same in Indian terms it is 943-980 females per 1000 males

(World Health Organization, 2011).

The trend of child sex ratio as per the last 60 years can be seen in the figure below. Clearly

the gap is quite large between the desired biological child sex ratio and the prevalent sex

ratio. Though the government may feel triumphant over the overall sex ratio that stands at

978 for Odisha, which has increased by many points, the constant drop in child sex ratio is

a disturbing figure. Constant efforts taken up by the State Government in Health and

Family Welfare Department in Odisha during the past three years have been reflected in

this report.

Child Sex Ratio of India and Odisha (1961-2011)

900

950

1000

1050

1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

1035

1020

995

967

953

941

976

964 962

945

927 919

Odisha India

In last 50 years CSR decline: India – CSR decline by 57points Odisha – CSR decline by 94points

12 pt decline in Odisha and 8 pt decline in India (Census 2011)

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ACTIVITIES MATRIX FOR THREE YEAR

2012 – 2013

1. Advertisement on PC & PNDT provisions in local dailies 2. Production of AV resource materials & broadcasting & telecasting in mass

media channels 3. Sensitization workshop with Medical College students 4. Seminar For District Bar Association Members on Equity and PC PNDT Act

at 13 focus districts with declining child sex ratio 5. District level convention of PRI members in 13 focus districts 6. Review meetings of ADMO(FW) - Nodal officer on Strengthening

Implementation of PC PNDT Act 7. Workshop with Ultrasound Manufacturers to ensure regular reporting of

sales to the state 8. Interaction and partnership with FOGSI & IRIA on PC & PNDT Act

2013 – 2014

1. Block level workshop with SHG members on Save the Girl Child – 137 blocks

2. Panchayati Raj Conventions on Value of Girl Child have been undertaken in 17 districts.

3. Seminar For District Bar Association Members on Equity and PC PNDT Act at 17 focus districts with declining child sex ratio

4. Multi-stakeholders’ consultation in 14 districts 5. Colloquium with Executive Magistrates on strengthening implementation

of PC PNDT act to extend support to Collector cum District Appropriate Authority (DAA) in implementation of the Act at the district level.

6. Workshop with Public Prosecutors (PPs) and APPs on strengthening implementation of PC PNDT Act to support taking up of cases relating to seal , search and seizure as put up by respective PPs and APPS

7. Training to NGOs working on women and girl issues to create cadre for decoy customer operation at State level

8. District level nodal officers and reporting personnel for strengthening monitoring mechanism at State level

2014-2015 1. Observation of National Girl Child Week from January 18th to January 27th in 23 districts and celebration in other 7 districts

2. Intensive Village drive in 500 villages of 11 vulnerable districts with dipping child sex ratio

3. Review meeting with Ultrasound Manufacturers and suppliers 4. Capacity building and training of Prosecuting Officers and district level

seminars for Bar Association Members 5. Public awareness on the practice of pre conception sex selection , pre natal

determination of sex and female foeticide through print media, electronic media, hoardings and wall painting

6. Training of newly appointed doctors on PC PNDT Act and declining sex ratio

7. 31 block level programmes with community level stakeholders 8. Awareness drive during local festivals in Puri, Cuttack, Dhenkanal,

Bhadrak

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STATE INITIATIVES DURING 2014- 2015: IMPLEMENTATION OF PC PNDT ACT

1. 780 facilities Registered since the inception of the Act as on 31.03.2015. 69

Registrations and 32 renewals provided during 2014 until 31.3.15

2. State Supervisory Board reconstituted vide notification No. 24370/H dated 17.9.14.

The first meeting after reconstitution was held on 21st January 2015

3. State Advisory Committee reconstituted Vide Notification No. 30208 / H & FW Dept.

dated 01.12.14. The first meeting after reconstitution was held on 6th January 2015.

4. District Advisory Committee Reconstituted in all districts

5. Girl Child Task Force constituted under the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary. Last

meeting held on 15.4.15

6. Executive Magistrates have been designated as Authorized Officers of District

Appropriate Authorities.

7. C & AG Audit on PC & PNDT Act Implementation was done during 2014. The exit

conference on draft report of the above held on 03.06.2014. another performance

audit by C & AG was on Implementation of Schemes for welfare and Protection of

Girl Child in Odisha (PC PNDT one of the focus)

8. In 2014 - 15, 15 inspections were carried out by the state team, 40 registrations

were cancelled/ suspended by District Appropriative Authorities and 18 cases were

filed by violators by the Appropriate Authorities. 369 Monitoring Visits have been

undertaken by District team

9. SCB MCH - Cuttack, VSS MCH - Burla, MKCG MCH – Berhampur & IGH, Rourkela , the

MCI recognized institutes have been notified as accredited institutions for six

months training on Ultrasonography.

10. NIMC visited during July 2014 and sealed 4 centres - 2 each in Cuttack & Khordha, 1

case filed in Cuttack . Another case not filed due to the death of owner. 2 Cases filed

in Khordha License of respective units suspended

11. Mapping of CSR has been done up to Revenue village level

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12. Planning and implementation based on data from HMIS, MCTS and CRS

13. Community level action initiated to address Gender Biased Sex Selection in 23

districts. Yearlong Save the Girl Child campaign completed in 342 out of 500

vulnerable villages

14. District PNDT Cell established in 23 districts. Decision taken to expand to all

districts

15. Creation of a cadre of decoy volunteer and used local intelligence to track violation

with appropriate action

16. Early ANC registration made mandatory linking with Mamata

17. Identity Proof made mandatory for ultrasound tests

18. Convergence with other Depts. and training institutions

19. Complaint Box set up at strategic locations

20. IEC materials developed and disseminated

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TRAININGS AND CAPACITY BUILDING

1. One Day Review meeting of Ultrasound Manufacturers held on 19.12.14.

Underreporting notified to all manufacturers.

2. One day training of Public Prosecutors on Amendments relating to PC PNDT Act

jointly with Directorate of Public Prosecutions.

3. Community level activities taken up at district level for PRI, AWWs, ASHA, SHGs,

Media, NGOs, multi – stakeholders.

4. Sensitization Training of Medical College Students and Faculties on Declining Sex

Ratio and PC PNDT Act organized at VSS, Burla, MKCG MCH, Berhampur and SCB

MCH, Cuttack.

5. Review and Training of ADMO (FW) – cum - District Nodal Officers and Dealing

Personnel of PC PNDT on Maintenance of Records and Strengthening Reporting

mechanism.

Save the Girl Child Campaign

As a strategic intervention, to address the falling sex ratio in the state of Odisha a two

pronged activity has been planned across the state –

1. Observation of National Week for Girl

Child from 18th to 27th in 23 districts

in particular and all 30 districts in

general and more specifically in across

the 23 districts and at block level that

have shown decline in child sex ratio

viz. Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Bhadrak,

Bolangir, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal,

Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur,

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Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khordha, Nayagarh, Puri,

Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundargarh.

Activtiies undertaken in these districts include –

a. Republic Day Parade in schools

b. Day celebration inaugural meeting & flag off of the

Kanya Rath

c. Publicity through Kanya Rath (mobile video van)

d. Standees and hoardings displayed the Mobile Van

and during village meetings.

e. Poster displayed at strategic locations in villages

CHC and DHH

f. Folk show in high focus areas

g. Wall painting at CHC and DHH level

h. Sensitization workshops and meetings of AWWs,

PRI members and public in urban area and villages

i. Printing and dissemination of leaflet to ASHAs,

among villages

j. Press Meet with media persons in selected districts

k. Street plays and rallies

2. Intensive programme in 500 villages of 11 identified

districts namely Angul, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur,

Kalahandi, Khordha, Nayagarh, Puri, Rayagada,

Sambalpur, Sundargarh having lowest SRB as well as

CSR with highest point fall over the previous periods.

Strategic phase wise intervention in 500 revenue

villages with lowest CSR, i.e., < 850 and with a

population of >1000 have been covered in the year

2014 – 15.

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DISTRICT LEVEL INTERVENTIONS FOR OBSERVATION WEEK ON SAVE THE GIRL CHILD

Other appropriate means adopted to address declining sex ratio are:

Discussion on the issue of gender discrimination and son preference has been

integrated into monthly meetings of ICDS and GKS.

Save the Girl Child Campaign in districts: (From left top)- Workshops, Folk media shows, exhibitions, Tableau displaying messages on value of girl child and leaflet

distribution among villagers

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Various resource and communication material in Odia language for community

mobilization was developed and made available for dissemination at community

level.

Mapping on the basis of CSR as per Census 2011 up to the police station and

revenue village has been done. The information on vulnerable areas along with the

maps has been shared with all district authorities.

Save the Girl Child Campaign at Bhadrak and Nayagarh Districts: (From left top) School girls wearing badges on Value of Girl Child

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The frontline workers such as ASHA, Anganwadi Workers are sensitized to furnish

information on illegal use of portable USG machines, if noticed.

Leaders of WSHG, ASHA are trained through block level training programmes on

value of girl child and to address gender discrimination.

Discussion on the matter of reward and protection to the whistle blowers and

informers has been initiated at the State Supervisory Board and State Advisory

Meeting.

TRAINING OF PUBLIC PROSECUTORS

The state government, assigning high priority on the issue of declining sex ratio, has

initiated several activities targeting key

stakeholders for effective implementation of the

PCPNDT Act. The Department of Health and

Family Welfare, Government of Odisha in

partnership with National Health Mission and

United Nations Population Fund is implementing

a programme for strengthening monitoring of

PCPNDT Act implementation in Odisha. In

connection with the programme, two workshops

on PCPNDT Act for Cadre Prosecuting Officers at

Bhubaneswar on 14.07.10, 09.02.2014 and

14.01.2015 in collaboration with Director of

Public Prosecutions with the objective to build

the capacity of prosecuting officers on different

provisions under PCPNDT Act 1994 and its

amendments and to extend support to District

Appropriate Authorities in expediting the

settlement of pending cases in respective courts.

Around 31 Additional Public Prosecutors

attended the programme from across the state.

The key speakers of the training programme

were Shri Gautam Sharma (OSJS) – Director, Public Prosecutions, Dr. Nirmal Kumari Dei –

Director, Family Welfare (Odisha) – cum –State Appropriate Authority, Dr. Ajit Kumar

Mohanty, Joint Director (FW) –cum- State Nodal Officer, PC PNDT , Dr. Deepa Prasad – State

Programme Coordinator, UNFPA, Shri Ajit Pattnaik – Public Prosecutor and Prof. P.K.

Sarkar- KIITS Law College, Bhubaneswar.

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REVIEW OF ULTRASOUND MANUFACTURERS, DELAERS & SUPPLIERS

Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Odisha as a part of its ongoing monitoring and reviewing the sale and purchase of ultrasound machines in the state organized a Review Meeting of USG Manufacturers / Suppliers / Dealers has been scheduled at Hotel Presidency, Bhubaneswar on 19th December 2014. The information shared by the ultrasound manufacturers revealed that only a few manufacturers and dealers were submitting timely report to the State Appropriate Authority. Therefore a stock taking meeting was organized by State PC PNDT Cell, Directorate of Family Welfare, Odisha and manufacturers were requested to attend the review meeting along with their authorized dealers/ suppliers / franchisees in the districts of Odisha. A format for sales reporting was circulated prior to the meeting for consolidating information of the total sale.

The Director, Family Welfare, Odisha cum – State Appropriate Authority (SAA), PC & PNDT Act, drawing inference from the reports submitted by the ultrasound manufacturing companies placed the status of sales in Odisha. She mentioned that only a few manufacturers and dealers are submitting timely report to the State Appropriate Authority. The following key points were shared during her deliberation.

806 machines sold to 748 Registered Ultrasound Units as on 30.9.2014. (Source: District Reporting)

Of the total ultrasound machine sales, manufacturers have reported sale of only 278 (34%) machines that is a clear case of under reporting. Thus, 66% sales has not been not reported by manufacturers and dealers. Of these Rabindra Surgical has not made a single reporting till date.

Group Photograph after the training of Prosecuting Officers with Resource Persons

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598 functional machines available. Service Status to 208 non-functional machines unknown. Further, Ultrasound Machines at District Headquarter Hospital is defunct in 16 districts . (Source: District Reporting)

On the basis of the above deliberation she clarified that the following action points needs to taken at the level of manufacturers.

1. State Government is set to address violations by the manufacturers 2. Manufacturers need to ensure compliance 3. Manufacturers should work/ contribute towards reducing variations

Extend needful support to state government adhering to provisions laid under PC & PNDT Act.

INSPECTIONS AND MONITORING

In Odisha, 15 premises were inspected by the Appropriate

Authorities in the districts of Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khordha,

Kendrapara, Puri and Balasore districts. In pursuance to these

inspections, 14 complaint cases were filed in respective district

courts by Appropriate Authorities.

From Right to left – Dr. Ranjita Pattnaik – JD, RH, Dr. Ajit K. Miohanty - JD, FW, Dr. Nirmala

K. Dei – Director, Family Welfare, Dr. Manoj K. Behera – AD, MH, Dr. Mrutyunjaya Mishra –

AD, CH and Mr. Rabindra K. Mishra – DD, D & S during the Review Meeting

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REGIONAL REVIEW OF APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES ON

IMPLEMENTATION OF PC PNDT ACT

To give impetus to PNDT program, Government of India has scaled up monitoring of

implementation of PC & PNDT Act in the states. In 2014, five regional reviews were

conducted to evaluate the progress made towards effective implementation of the Act in

the country, that has given momentum to the implementation of the Act. Recent

Honourable Supreme Court Directions have also thrown light in taking the implementation

of PC & PNDT Act to the next level.

The second Central Regional Review Meeting for the states of Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh.

Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha was organized on 15th March 2015 in Bhubaneswar.

Representatives from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare viz. Shri D.N. Sahoo, Under

Secretary, Ms. Iffat Hammid – Gender Consultant, Mr. Anisur Rehman – M & E Consultant,

Director, Family Welfare –cum - State Appropriate Authority, PC & PNDT Act were key

coordinators of the review meeting.

During the workshop, status of implementation of PC & PNDT Act was reviewed on the

basis of Constitution/ reconstitution/ notification of statutory bodies, category-wise

registration/ renewal of facilities under PC & PNDT Act, inspection visits, sonologist

registered in the State, status of implementation of six month training curriculum, action

(From left) Joint Director, Family Welfare –cum- State Nodal Officer (PC PNDT), Under

Secretary. MoHFW and Director, Family Welfare-cum- State Appropriate Authority,

Odisha (PC PNDT)

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taken by the States on NIMC Visits during the last one year, action taken by the Sates for

mapping of ultrasound facilities, number of ongoing court cases under PNDT and no. of

convictions secured, proposals submitted to State Medical Council for suspension/

cancellation and number of medical licenses suspended/ cancelled by State Medical Council

and status of compliance of direction of Hon’ble Supreme Court.

MoHFW Representatives (Top left), State Government Representatives during the

Regional Review Meeting at Hotel Pal Heights

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STATUS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, US REGISTRATIONS & COURT CASES

Sl. State / District

April - June 2014

July - Sept 2014

Oct - Dec' 2014

Jan - Mar' 2015

No. of Registered USG Clinic

Court Cases Filed

Odisha - - - 6.1.15 780 51

1 Angul 30.7.14 23 3

2 Balangir 18.02.15 23

3 Balasore 21 2

4 Baragarh 17.09.14 15.01.15, 18.03.15

23 1

5 Bhadrak 28.6.14 26.09.14 24.11.14 25.03.15 17

6 Boudh 01

7 Cuttack 22.5.14 23.0614

24.10.14 21.02.15 149 12

8 Deogarh 14.10.14 03

9 Dhenkanal 27.5.14 05.08.14 17.1114 18.02.15 13 2

10 Gajapati 04

11 Ganjam 03.07.14 55 1

12 Jajpur 26.5.14 06.09.14 24.11.14 14

13 Jagatsinghpur 29.4.14 02.12.14 14 1

14 Jharsuguda 12.6.14 11.02.15 17 10

15 Kalahandi 20.6.14 25.09.14 13.02.15 18

16 Kandhamal 17.03.15 03 1

17 Kendrapara - 05.07.14 18.9.14

18.11.14 27.03.15 10 2

18 Keonjhar 03.6.14 26.09.14 20.11.14 20

19 Khurdha 19.07.14 24.10.14 30.03.15 153 5

20 Koraput 30.07.14 17.03.15 12

21 Malkangiri 03

22 Mayurbhanj 16.08.14 31.01.15 26

23 Nabarangpur 05.07.14 25.09.14

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24 Nayagarh 11.6.14 18.09.14 12.12.14 10.02.15 05 6

25 Nuapara 17.11.14 07

26 Puri 03.6.14 20.09.14 26.11.14 17 1

27 Rayagada 06 1

28 Sonepur 27.6.14 - - 12.03.15 08

29 Sambalpur 16.10.14 18.02.15 47 3

30 Sundargarh 13.6.14 19.09.14 14.01.15 21.03.15

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