| Abstract | 
            Health being one of the most basic capabilities, the removal of  gender bias in child health can go a long way in achieving gender parity  in various dimensions of human development. The present study  examines the state-wise pattern of gender bias in child health in India. It  uses 21 selected indicators of health outcome (e.g., post-neonatal death,  child death and prevalence of malnutrition) and health-seeking  behaviour (e.g., full immunisation, oral rehydration therapy, fever/  cough treatment and breast-feeding). Three rounds of unit level National  Family Health Survey data are analysed using Borda Rule and Principal  Component Analysis techniques. Children under age three years are the  unit of the analysis. The study found that any consistently robust statewise pattern of gender bias against girl children in child health is not  present among all the 29 Indian states over the three rounds of NFHS.  Among the major 19 states, there is high gender bias in three  Empowered Action Group of states (namely, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya  Pradesh, and Bihar) and in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Gujarat as  well. However, there is a consistent state-wise pattern in girl children’s  health achievement. With Rawlsian theory of justice, to reduce gender  bias in child health we need to focus on the states with low health  achievement by girls.  |