Maharashtra government is mulling stricter provisions under PCPNDT Act to curb female foeticide, with health department ...

Mumbai, March 5: The Maharashtra government has decided to further strengthen the enforcement of the Pre-Conception and ...

Health minister Prakash Abitkar issued the orders after a review meeting to assess the enforcement of the PCPNDT Act, 1994.

In an interview with ETHealthworld, Dr. Rita Bakshi, Chairperson, International Fertility Centre, New Delhi, talks about the impact of frequent changes in the IVF laws. Edited Excerpts: How is IVF ...

The Supreme Court has emphasized the prevalence of discrimination against women in India, particularly highlighting the issue of female foeticide. A case against a Gurugram radiologist accused under ...

Even as the child sex ratio continues to decline in the state, reportedly due to increase in female feoticide, the state government, it seems, is not taking implementation of the pre-conception and ...

Taking a serious note of the poor implementation of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostics techniques (prohibition of sex selection) (PCPNDT) Act. LUCKNOW: Taking a serious note of the poor ...

Pune: Protesting radiologists from the city have demanded that the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act be amended to differentiate between crimes and minor errors. The act, ...

The implementation of the Pre Conception, Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act, which was enacted to stop female foeticide and arrest the declining sex-ratio in the country, is poor in most ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): One more responsibility has been added to the profile of Chief Medical and Health Officer by the state government by making him/her the appropriate authority for implementing ...

Maharashtra Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar has urged authorities to ensure strict enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act to improve the ...

The National Steering Committee on the PCPNDT Act, comprising experts from the major national medical societies, came together in Bengaluru to deliberate on the plight of the girl child and steps to ...