The film is a milestone film in Tamil cinema, addressed the heinous act of female foeticide prevalent in Tamil Nadu during that time.
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""'The Unknown World " "'is a 2012 animated film from India about female infanticide or female foeticide, directed and produced by Varun Mehta.
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In 2009, Bhatti school's, Mad Art's, animation film on female foeticide won the second prize in the Advantage India organised by 1take media.
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The natural ratio is assumed to be between 103 and 107, and any number above it is considered as suggestive of female foeticide.
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The'Sakal Media Group'has become the voice of lakhs of unborn baby girls and has sensitized the society on the increasing incidences of female foeticide.
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The Indian government has passed Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act ( PCPNDT ) in 1994 to ban and punish prenatal sex screening and female foeticide.
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Urban India has higher child sex ratio than rural India according to 1991, 2001 and 2011 Census data, implying higher prevalence of female foeticide in urban India.
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This has been attributed to increasing misuse and affordability of foetus sex-determining devices, such as ultrasound scan, the rate of female foeticide is rising sharply in India.
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Some " mandals " even incorporated social messages like female foeticide or about the environment into their act; the Shiv Sena and MNS focus on Marathi culture.
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Rates of female foeticide in Madhya Pradesh are increasing; the rate of live births was 932 girls per 1000 boys in 2001, which dropped to 918 by 2011.
