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 ...

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 ...

Pune health officials urge Maharashtra to regulate advanced ultrasound tech after a sex determination racket was uncovered, emphasizing stricter laws.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...