Lok Sabha Question No. 200 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Pre-Natal Sex Determination Test
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, MANOJ RAJORIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 200 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH JULY , 2017 PRE - NATAL SEX DETERMINAT ION TEST

## †*200. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE: DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government in conformity with the order of the Supreme Cou directed  all  the  States  to  stop  illegal  Pre - natal  Sex  Determination  Test  in  the country and seize the unregistered and unlicensed ultra - sound machines being used by all those clinics and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has set up a task force to check unscrupulous P Sex Determination Tests and abortion ra ckets;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of cases detected and registered during the last three yea current year along with the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( d) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 200* FOR 28 TH JULY, 2017

(a)Yes,the Government isin conformity with the order of the Supreme Cour and has directed all the States / UTstotake necessary action in compliance with the  directions  of  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court to stop  illegal  Pre - natal  Sex Determination Test in the country . Under the Pre - Conception  and  Pre - Natal Diagnostic  Techniques  (Prohibition  of  Sex  Selection)  Act,  1994  and enacted againstthe misuse of pre - natal diagnostic techniques for sex determination leading to female foeticide, the conc erned Appropriate Authorities have  fi led  2371  complaints  for  various  violations  before  sev criminal courts.  Out of these, 294 cases have been filed for the non - registration of diagnostic clinics. State wise details areat Annexure.

(b)  &  (c) The  Government  of  India  has  constituted  National  Inspection Monitoring Committee to see the implementation of the PC & PNDT Act, 19 at  the  ground  level. On  similar  lines,  States/  UTs  have  also  constitu States/UTs Inspection and Monitoring Committe es (SIMCs) for the monitoring of the PC&PNDT Act at the State/UT level . During F.Y. 2016 - 17, 12 NIMC visits  have  been  conducted.  In  the  F.Y.  2017 - 18,  6  NIMC  visits  have  been conducted so far.

(d) As per Quarterly Progress Reports (QPRs) submitted by theStates/ UTs , 103 court cases were filed during 2014 - 15, 190 during 2015 - 16 and 133 in 2016 - 17. Till March 2017, 2371 cases were pending before various criminal court 1132  cases  had  been  decided  under  the  PC&PNDT  Act  resulting  in  41 convictions  and  1 14 suspens ion/  cancellation of medical  licenses  of the convicted doctors.

## State/UTs wise Cases filed for non-registration of Diagnostic Clinics

| S. No.   | State/ UT         | No. of Cases   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 6              |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -              |
| 3        | Assam             | 0              |
| 4        | Bihar             | 31             |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1              |
| 6        | Goa               | 1              |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 0              |
| 8        | Haryana           | 41             |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | -              |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | -              |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | -              |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 4              |
| 13       | Kerala            | -              |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 3              |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 74             |
| 16       | Manipur           | -              |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | -              |
| 18       | Mizoram           | -              |
| 19       | Nagaland          | -              |
| 20       | Odisha            | -              |
| 21       | Punjab            | 25             |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 15             |
| 23       | Sikkim            | -              |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |                |
| 25       | Telangana         | 4              |
| 26       | Tripura           | -              |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 5              |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 18             |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 11             |
| 30       | A & N. Island     | -              |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 1              |
| 32       | D. &N. Haveli     | -              |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | -              |
| 34       | Delhi             | 54             |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | -              |
| 36       | Puducherry        | -              |
|          | Total             | 294            |