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Pre-Natal Foetus Sex Determination
26/February/2016
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 554
ANSWERED ON:  26.02.2016
Pre-Natal Foetus Sex Determination
ANANDRAO ADSUL
BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN
RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE
SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE
DHARMENDRA YADAV
VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT
CHANDU BARNE SHRIRANG
K. C. VENUGOPAL
NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN
JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA
NALIN KUMAR KATEEL
SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL
RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY
SHASHI THAROOR
Will the Minister of



 WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-
Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Indian Medical Association has urged the Government to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory to track female foeticide;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; 

(c) whether the Government has consulted the various stakeholders and reviewed Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 before finalization of the proposal and if so the details thereof; and 

(d) the time by which the final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?


ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)


(a) to (d) No Madam. There is no proposal under consideration of the Government to make pre-natal sex determination compulsory under the PC & PNDT Act, 1994 and Rules thereunder. 
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