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    Pcpndt Act News

    18 local bodies fail to conduct single sex determination sting op in 3 years

    18 district and municipal authorities failed to conduct a single sting operation under PCPNDT Act over the past three years despite target of 25 such operations every year in each district ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
    Cities
    Published 29 days ago

    State to frame common SOP to curb illegal sex determination, abortions

    Gorhe said authorities should analyse cases from the past decade to identify gaps in investigation, prosecution and convictions. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 97 days ago

    Maharashtra to review enforcement of PCPNDT Act

    Legislative Council member Neelam Gorhe will chair meeting to review enforcement of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in Maharashtra. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
    Cities
    Published 99 days ago

    Ultrasound machines at 3 Sonepat hospitals sealed over violations

    The committee also directed its members to conduct on-site inspections in cases of new hospital registrations before granting approval. (HT Photo for representation)
    Cities
    Updated 116 days ago

    Woman doctor arrested in Kedgaon sex determination racket; 3 others absconding

    Woman doctor arrested in Kedgaon sex determination racket; 3 others absconding
    Cities
    Published 129 days ago

    2 held for illegal prenatal sex determination in Punjab's Patiala

    2 held for illegal prenatal sex determination in Punjab's Patiala
    Cities
    Published 133 days ago

    Rohtak: Sex determination racket busted in Narnaul

    The accused has been identified as Kalyan, a resident of Dhantari village in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 156 days ago

    PMC issues notices to four sonography centres over PCPNDT violations

    Officials said Pune has around 950 registered ultrasound centres. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
    Cities
    Published 162 days ago

    Ex-IMA Maharashtra chief held in illegal sex determination racket

    Ex-IMA Maharashtra chief held in illegal sex determination racket
    Cities
    Updated 170 days ago

    PMC seals sonography machines at five centres for PCPNDT violations

    Pune has around 950 registered sonography centres, all of which are required to undergo inspection once every three months under the Act. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
    Cities
    Published 202 days ago

    Illegal sex determination racket busted in Kolhapur; doctor, agent held

    The Kolhapur police have busted an alleged illegal sex determination racket operating at a private facility in Bidri village of Kagal taluka and arrested a doctor and his agent, officials said on Tuesday. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)
    Cities
    Published 215 days ago

    Maha to track pregnant women to curb sex determination

    State government will begin monitoring, follow-up of pregnant women who have one or more living female children till such time they give birth to the child; officials said on Monday. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))
    Cities
    Published 216 days ago

    Call to regulate advanced devices after mobile ultrasound misuse in Pune

    Ultrasound-helps-to-stimulate-and-accelerate-the-healing-process-by-waking-up-cells-in-the-wound-Shutterstock-photo
    Cities
    Published 227 days ago

    Maha orders cancellation of 34 doctors’ licences in PCPNDT Act violations

    Maha orders cancellation of 34 doctors’ licences in PCPNDT Act violations
    Cities
    Published 233 days ago

    Maha to tighten PCPNDT law, explore booking repeat offenders under MCOCA

    Health minister Prakash Abitkar during a high-level review meeting held at Mantralaya on Thursday. 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. (HT)
    Cities
    Published 234 days ago

    Doctor, aide held for running sex determination racket

    Doctor, aide held for running sex determination racket
    Cities
    Published 235 days ago

    8 Maha districts recorded sex ratio of more girls than boys: Health min

    Ranchi, Jharkhand, INDIA ( FILE PIX) Rural girls in Ranchi (Photo by Parwaz Khan- Hindustan Times )CAN GO AS REPRESENTATIONAL PURPOSE WITH THE STORY OF MANOJ CHOUDHAY ON SEX RATIO/ PAGE 3 LEAD
    Cities
    Published 242 days ago

    SC says female foeticide crude manifestation of discrimination against women

    It added that Parliament has stepped in to not only outlaw sex determination and selection but also to prohibit all related pre-conception and pre-natal techniques
    India News
    Published 244 days ago

    Radiology-related services still offline despite assurances: IMA

    Pune mayor Manjusha Nagpure attended the programme as chief guest. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 249 days ago

    Lucknow doc claims her identity misused for ultrasound licence in Shravasti

    The doctor, who practises at her private hospital in Babuganj, Lucknow, claims that her name and medical degree were fraudulently used by the office of the chief medical officer (CMO) in Shravasti. (For Representation)
    Cities
    Published 287 days ago

    Gurugram among top performers as Haryana’s sex ratio improves to 912 from 904 last year

    The figures were reviewed at the weekly meeting of the STF for improving sex ratio. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Published 347 days ago

    Health Minister orders strict enforcement of PCPNDT Act to improve sex ratio in Maha

    Abitkar stressed that crimes such as female foeticide should be curbed through both legal action and social awareness. (HT)
    Cities
    Updated 396 days ago

    Gurugram sex ratio improves after March slump

    Gurugram sex ratio improves after March slump
    Cities
    Published 489 days ago

    Decoy ops in Maha fail to nab gender test offenders

    Sex determination of unborn babies is prohibited under the Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Test (PCPNDT) Act. (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 867 days ago

    Illegal sex determination of co-accused’s foetus was conducted at Satara clinic

    Last Sunday, the Jejuri police had booked Dr Sachin Ramchandra Ranavre, Deepali Thopte (mother), and a middleman named Barkade under various sections of the PCPNDT and MTP Acts and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after it came to light that Thopte underwent illegal termination of pregnancy at Dr Ranavre’s Shriram Hospital in Nira village of Purandar tehsil the previous day. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 1256 days ago
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