Replying to a question in Parliament on Tuesday, about implementation of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad lauded the efforts of the public health department in Maharashtra. "Maharashtra secured the maximum number of convictions, suspended or cancelled medical licenses and seized the most machines," Azad said.
Azad said while 527 cases have been filed in the state for blatant violation of the PC&PNDT Act, 52 persons have been convicted, licences of 37 have either been suspended or cancelled, while 662 machines have been sealed or seized by the state. At the national level, 1,833 cases are pending in different courts, 143 persons have been convicted, licences of 65 persons have been cancelled or suspended and 1,242 machines have been sealed or seized.
The health minister said according to the 2011 census, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has dipped further to 919, against the 927 girls per 1,000 boys recorded in the 2001 census, which indicates prevalence of pre-natal sex determination and consequent termination of female fetus. "We have exhorted all state governments to ensure stringent implementation of laws against sex determination tests. Maharashtra has taken a lead in effective implementation of the legislation," Azad said.
Azad said the Centre has also amended various provisions of the PC&PNDT Act, 1996, pertaining to sealing, seizure and confiscation of unregistered ultra-sound machines and punishment against unregistered clinics, regulated use of portable ultrasound machines only within registered premises, besides restricting medical practitioners to conduct sonography at a maximum of two ultrasound clinics within a district.
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