Lok Sabha Question No. 4394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: PC&PNDT Act
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Prasun Banerjee

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## PC&PNDT ACT

## 4394. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

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

- (a) whether there has been a reduction in the incidents/cases of female foeticide post e of Pre - Conception and PreNatal Diagnostic Techniques (PC&PNDT) Act;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of r elevant clauses under the PC&PNDT Act?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) : State/UT - wise, cases registered for Foeticide (including female foeticide) during 2014- 2016 as per the information received from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), are enclosed at Annexure .
- (c): The Government of India has enacted a comprehensive legislation, the Pre - conception and Pre - Natal  Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Sele ction) (PC&PNDT) Act in 1994, for prohibition of sex selection, before and after conception and for regulation of prenatal techniques. The Act, inter alia, provides for: -
- (i) prohibition of the misuse of pre - natal diagnostic techniques for determina tion of sex of foetus, leading to female foeticide;
- (ii) prohibition of advertisement of pre - natal diagnostic techniques for detection or determination of sex;
- (iii)permission and regulation of the use of pre - natal diagnostic techniques for the purpose of detectio n of specific genetic abnormalities or disorders;
- (iv) permitting the use of such techniques only under certain conditions by the registered institutions; and
- (v) punishment for violation of the provisions of the legislation

Further, the entire PC& PNDT Act and the rules there under  are  available on the http://egazette.nic.in website .

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State/UT-wise cases registered under Foeticide during 2014-2016

|    |                   |   Foeticide |   Foeticide |   Foeticide |
|----|-------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl | State/UT          |        2014 |        2015 |        2016 |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    |           0 |           0 |           1 |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 3  | Assam             |           0 |           0 |           1 |
| 4  | Bihar             |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      |           5 |          11 |          18 |
| 6  | Goa               |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 7  | Gujarat           |           0 |           1 |           0 |
| 8  | Haryana           |           6 |          14 |           4 |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  |           4 |           1 |           0 |
| 10 | Jammu &Kashmir    |           0 |           0 |           2 |
| 11 | Jharkhand         |           1 |           1 |           0 |
| 12 | Karnataka         |           0 |           1 |           2 |
| 13 | Kerala            |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    |          30 |          17 |          19 |
| 15 | Maharashtra       |           7 |          11 |           7 |
| 16 | Manipur           |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 17 | Meghalaya         |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 18 | Mizoram           |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 19 | Nagaland          |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 20 | Odisha            |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 21 | Punjab            |          10 |          10 |           4 |
| 22 | Rajasthan         |          24 |          13 |          21 |
| 23 | Sikkim            |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 25 | Telangana         |           2 |           2 |           0 |
| 26 | Tripura           |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     |          11 |          12 |          52 |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       |           1 |           0 |           4 |
| 29 | West Bengal       |           0 |           0 |           0 |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    |         101 |          94 |         135 |
| 30 | A & N Islands     |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 31 | Chandigarh        |           1 |           0 |           1 |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 33 | Daman &Diu        |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 34 | Delhi UT          |           5 |           3 |           8 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       |           0 |           0 |           0 |
| 36 | Puducherry        |           0 |           0 |           0 |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       |           6 |           3 |           9 |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) |         107 |          97 |         144 |

Source: Crime in India