Uttarakhand: health department says Putrajeevak Beej in violation of PCPNDT Act

He further added that it is an internationally recognized nomenclature. Putrajeevak mean child, not son, as per ayurveda, something that needs to be told to the patients clearly while prescribing the medicine, as reported by TOI.

The report, a copy of which is with TOI, says that "the label of the medicine clearly states that the name of the drug is Putrajeevak which is beneficial for improvement in semen quality and stabilisation of pregnancy. The clinical direction which comes out of this information basically means that it is a drug which improves the count of sperms in the semen and makes pregnancy stable and the ultimate advantage to the user is that she will have only a live male child as the outcome of using this drug during the prenatal period."

Meanwhile, Acharya Balakrishna of Patanjali questioned the state government's motives behind "the decision to paint a negative picture of the product". He said, "The findings of the report put a question mark on the intentions of the state government as they are trying to put the blame of poor sex ratio on ayurveda, not Patanajali. The health department on 14 May, 2009 had given a license to manufacture Putrajeevak Beej and now it is preaching against it. The state has failed in controlling female foeticide, which is evident in national health reports, and it is now dragging Patanjali into its dirty politics."