Lok Sabha Question No. 3267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Ganesan Selvam, Dhanush M Kumar, Soyam Babu Rao, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subrata Pathak

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2020

## IN-VITRO FERTILISATION (IVF)

## 3267. SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

SHRI SOYAM BAPU RAO:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRI SUBRAT PATHAK:

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

- (a) the total number of registered and unregistered In - V tro Fertilis ation (IVF) clinics functioning in the country, State/UT -wise;
- (b) whether Government has formulated any guidelines for the functioning of these clinics the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has received any complaints against sex selection/detection by I centres;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government such centres; and
- (e) whether the Government has received any pr oposals from the State Governments to establish IVF centres specially in the Government hospitals and if so, the details thereof and t taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFA RE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) : Details as per National Registry of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Clinics Banks in India, maintained by the Indian Council of Medical Research ( ICMR), are annexed as Annexure.
- (b) : Government has not formulated guidelines so far. However, ICMR has developed National Guidelines  for  Accreditation,  Supervision  and  Regulation  of  ART  Clinics  in  India  and guidelines have been circulated to all States/UTs.
- (c)&(d) : No. However, a complaint has been received by ICMR against a call centre named Ela Woman Fertility and the same is under examination.
- (e) : Yes. A proposal was received from Kerala State for establishment of IVF centre at Nayanar  Memorial  Women  &  Child  Hospital  a t  Mangattuparamba,  Kannur  District  in  the National Health Mission -PIP. The same is under process.

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## Status of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Clinics and Banks In India under

National Registry of ART Clinics and Banks in India

| Sl. No   |                           | ART Clinics   | ART Clinics       | ART Clinics               | ART Clinics       | ART Banks         | ART Clinics &Banks identified by ICMR, yet no response received   | Grand Total G=(D+E+F )   |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No   | States/UTs                | Enrolled (A)  | Under Process (B) | Enrollme nt Cancelled (C) | Total (D)=(A+B+C) | Under Process (E) | from them (F)                                                     |                          |
| 1*       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            | 12            | 21                | 0                         | 33                | 1                 | 11                                                                | 45                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 4        | Assam                     | 4             | 4                 | 0                         | 8                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 8                        |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 3             | 6                 | 0                         | 9                 | 0                 | 3                                                                 | 12                       |
| 6*       | Chandigarh                | 8             | 6                 | 0                         | 14                | 3                 | 3                                                                 | 20                       |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 8             | 11                | 0                         | 19                | 1                 | 2                                                                 | 22                       |
| 8*       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 9*       | Daman and Diu             | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 10*      | Delhi                     | 68            | 46                | 0                         | 114               | 44                | 34                                                                | 192                      |
| 11       | Goa                       | 0             | 3                 | 0                         | 3                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 3                        |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 33            | 47                | 1                         | 81                | 13                | 29                                                                | 123                      |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 31            | 32                | 1                         | 64                | 15                | 6                                                                 | 85                       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 1             | 2                 | 0                         | 3                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 3                        |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 2             | 1                 | 0                         | 3                 | 0                 | 1                                                                 | 4                        |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 0             | 7                 | 0                         | 7                 | 0                 | 1                                                                 | 8                        |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 37            | 66                | 0                         | 103               | 18                | 23                                                                | 144                      |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 15            | 30                | 0                         | 45                | 11                | 36                                                                | 92                       |
| 19*      | Lakshadweep               | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            | 15            | 20                | 0                         | 35                | 7                 | 13                                                                | 55                       |
| 21       | Maharashtra               | 114           | 155               | 0                         | 269               | 38                | 64                                                                | 371                      |
| 22       | Manipur                   | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 | 0             | 1                 | 0                         | 1                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 1                        |
| 24 25    | Mizoram Nagaland          | 0 0           | 0 1               | 0 0                       | 0 1               | 0 0               | 0 0                                                               | 0 1                      |
| 26       | Odisha                    | 2             | 9                 |                           |                   |                   |                                                                   | 16                       |
|          |                           | 0             |                   | 0                         | 11                | 2                 | 3                                                                 |                          |
| 27*      | Puducherry                |               | 3                 | 0                         | 3                 | 0                 | 2                                                                 | 5                        |
| 28       | Punjab                    | 34            | 31                | 0                         | 65                | 12                | 11                                                                | 88                       |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 | 19            | 35                | 0                         | 54                | 3                 | 6                                                                 | 63                       |
| 30       | Sikkim                    | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                | 54            | 113               | 0                         | 167               | 15                | 45                                                                | 227                      |
| 32       | Telangana                 | 19            |                   | 0                         | 47                | 7                 | 19                                                                | 73                       |
|          |                           |               | 28                |                           |                   |                   |                                                                   |                          |
| 33       | Tripura                   | 0             | 0                 | 0                         | 0                 | 0                 | 0                                                                 | 0                        |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             | 34            | 60                | 0                         | 94                | 19                | 29                                                                | 142                      |
| 35 36    | Uttarakhand               | 4 6           | 12 16             | 0 0                       | 16 22             | 0 5               | 0 20                                                              | 16 47                    |
|          | West Bengal Total         | 523           | 766               | 2                         | 1291              | 214               | 361                                                               | 1866                     |

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