Udupi: Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) chairperson Shashidhar Kosambe called for the ...

The local chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has strongly opposed the state govt's proposal to enforce the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, by ...

Nanded district in Maharashtra is intensifying enforcement of the PCPNDT Act to combat illegal sex determination and female foeticide. District Collector Rahul Kardile is leading efforts in ...

Bengaluru's Health Minister initiates review of the PCPNDT Act to address challenges in preventing female foeticide and related violations.

Supreme Court held that even if a raid under the PCPNDT Act was unauthorized by the full District Appropriate Authority, evidence collected during the search may still be admissible. As allegations ...

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

Maharashtra government is mulling stricter provisions under PCPNDT Act to curb female foeticide, with health department examining whether repeat offenders can be booked under MCOCA ...

Mumbai, March 5: The Maharashtra government has decided to further strengthen the enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act to curb female foeticide across the ...

The birth rate of girls in the district is declining. Despite this, no action has been taken recently under the PCPNDT Act (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act). Raising concern ...

In a bid to improve the sex ratio in Maharashtra and prevent female foeticide, state health minister Prakash Abitkar on Tuesday issued orders to strictly implement the Pre-conception and Pre-natal ...

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 ...