Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and other is labelled as Reason $R$.

Assertion $A$ : Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme.

Reason $R$ : Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

• A

  $A$ is false but $R$ is true.

• B

  Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of $A$.

• C

  Both $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is NOT the correct explanation of $A$.

• D

  $A$ is true but $R$ is false.