The history of female infanticide in India is an ongoing one that spans centuries. Poverty, dowry system, unmarried birth, disfigured body, famine, scarcity, lack of education support, such as childbirth diseases, and in some cases lack of proper care or services at the time are enough to realize this.

Girl child abuse or killing is a punishable offense and although there are strict laws and regulations in this regard, the enforcement of this law or the number of reports received in this regard are very few. Based on a report presented in 2010, it is known that the number of such murders in India is only 100, which is 1 in 100,000 of the country's population. (Which is not believable at all).

Judging Indian society, it is seen that many infanticides are carried out before birth by aborting pre-determined children through sex-determining tests, but the social system is responsible for this. The 1991 Indian census revealed such information which is still current.

India ranks first in the world in female foeticide. There is no possibility that the country will move from that 'top' shortly. Experts estimate that 4,69,000 girls will die in the womb every year by 2025 if the trend of killing female fetuses continues. Between 2026 and 2030, that number will reach 519,000 per year. In other words, by the year 2030, about 68 lakh girl children will be wiped out from the country before birth. The survey further informs that by 2030, Uttar Pradesh will occupy the first place in the country in this regard. Horrible picture, no doubt. However, there is a clear law against female foeticide in the country. Under that 1994 law, both sex determination and feticide are punishable offenses. Despite this, the Center and the States have not taken the necessary steps to stop this deadly crime. As a result, sex determination and female foeticide are going on freely under the cover of the law. A NITI Aayog report revealed that between 2012 and 2015, there was a significant decline in the female child-birth ratio in 17 of the 21 states. According to experts, criminals are not particularly concerned about the law. Legal proceedings have indeed been initiated against many doctors in the past few years for the crime of feticide, but the number of those convicted is minimal. So, no one could stop the process of determining the sex of the fetus and aborting it, sometimes secretly in different clinics, sometimes at home using ultrasound technology. Can't even reduce it. It is not only the daughters who are being lost. There have also been cases of maternal death due to abortion by unskilled hands.

Economist Amartya Sen first mentioned the 'missing women' in 1990. 'Missing women', that is, the number of girls in a country or a certain region is less than what it should be. Thirty years have passed. Female feticide continues in India. In this case, it is not only that the law was not properly applied. 2w of the society which is responsible for not wanting a girl child, has also not been properly reformed. Another crime closely associated with female foeticide is dowry. No one hesitates to break the law in India. Due to continuing misogyny in administrators, police and medical circles, child marriage, bride torture, prostitution, female foeticide, etc. are punishable crimes but they are practically given infinite tolerance. As long as girls are considered to be the financial burden of the family, the government cannot be assured by just making laws or promoting the slogan 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'. A comprehensive program for the empowerment of girls is needed. From wealth to education, everything should reach girls. The country has to make the unborn girls livable.

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