Anupriya Patel, MOS, Health on PC-PNDT act
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The Government of India has enacted the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, for prohibition of sex selection before or after conception and for prevention of misuse of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques for sex determination. The responsibility of implementation of the Act lies with State/ UT Governments, including taking action against medical Professionals for the offences of sex selection /sex determination.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel recently apprised the Lok Sabha about the various developments that had taken place to prevent pre-natal sex determination in the country.
As per the updates provided the by hon'ble minister, some salient figures include
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel recently apprised the Lok Sabha about the various developments that had taken place to prevent pre-natal sex determination in the country.
As per the updates provided the by hon'ble minister, some salient figures include
- Statistics revealed that the state of Maharashtra topped in the number of inspections conducted by the authorities with 1,45,918 facilities inspected till now. This was followed by Punjab with 36,549 facilities inspected and then Haryana 24,626 inspections had taken place
- Rajasthan, probably saw the highest impact in terms of implementation, with 634 court cases reported under the act. A total of 137 convictions have taken place till now with 21 licences being suspended on account of pre natal sex determination in the state.
- Maharshtra stood second with a total of 567 court cases, 84 convictions and 68 suspensions.
- Haryana state currently has 182 ongoing cases under the act, with 66 convictions having taken place till now. A total of 14 medical licenses have been suspended for the violations of the said act.
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