Lok Sabha Question No. 152 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-10
Subject: PCPNDT Act
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH MARCH, 2017 PCPNDT ACT

## *152. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the sex ratio in the country h changed despite the implementation of Pre - Conception and Pre - Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PCPNDT) a nd the rules framed thereunder;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether PCPNDT Act has made it extremely difficult for ultrasound cli to ensure complete enforcement and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  doct ors  are  facing  challenges  while  performing  routine  and essential scans and as a result, many qualified doctors choose to not c prenatal  diagnostic  scans,  thus  creating  a  shortage  of  experts  trai ultrasonography and if so, the details thereof; a nd
- (e) whether the Act/rules have caused inconvenience to the doctors as the penalised for  minor  offences  such  as  clerical  errors  in  the  filling  of thereby  resulting  in  them  being  prosecuted  and  ultrasound  machines  be seized and sealed and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)to ( e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 152* FOR 10 TH MARCH, 2017

(a) & (b): A s per Census 2011, the sex ratio improved from 933 in 2001 t 943 in 2011. State - wise details are at Annexure.

- (c) to (e): The Pre - Conception and Pre - Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 has not made it extremely difficul t for the ultrasound/diagnostic centers to perform routine and essential scans.

## Sex Ratio as per Census 2001 & 2011

| S. No.   | States/UTs          |   2001 |   2011 |
|----------|---------------------|--------|--------|
|          | India               |    933 |    943 |
| 1        | Jammu &Kashmir      |    892 |    889 |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh    |    968 |    972 |
| 3        | Punjab              |    876 |    895 |
| 4        | Chandigarh          |    777 |    818 |
| 5        | Uttaranchal         |    962 |    963 |
| 6        | Haryana             |    861 |    879 |
| 7        | Delhi               |    821 |    868 |
| 8        | Rajasthan           |    921 |    928 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh       |    898 |    912 |
| 10       | Bihar               |    919 |    918 |
| 11       | Sikkim              |    875 |    890 |
| 12       | Arunachal Pradesh   |    893 |    938 |
| 13       | Nagaland            |    900 |    931 |
| 14       | Manipur             |    978 |    992 |
| 15       | Mizoram             |    935 |    976 |
| 16       | Tripura             |    948 |    960 |
| 17       | Meghalaya           |    972 |    989 |
| 18       | Assam               |    935 |    958 |
| 19       | West Bengal         |    934 |    950 |
| 20       | Jharkhand           |    941 |    949 |
| 21       | Orissa              |    972 |    979 |
| 22       | Chhattisgarh        |    989 |    991 |
| 23       | Madhya Pradesh      |    919 |    931 |
| 24       | Gujarat             |    920 |    919 |
| 25       | Daman &Diu          |    710 |    618 |
| 26       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |    812 |    774 |
| 27       | Maharashtra         |    922 |    929 |
| 28       | Andhra Pradesh      |    978 |    993 |
| 29       | Karnataka           |    965 |    973 |
| 30       | Goa                 |    961 |    973 |
| 31       | Lakshadweep         |    948 |    947 |
| 32       | Kerala              |   1059 |   1084 |
| 33       | Tamil Nadu          |    987 |    996 |
| 34       | Pondicherry         |   1001 |   1037 |
| 35       | A & Nicobar Islands |    846 |    876 |

## Annexure