This story is from July 10, 2014

Find fetus sex test facility, get Rs 5000 reward

District authorities will clamp down on clinics conducting pre-natal diagnostic test to determine the sex of a foetus. A cash reward of Rs 5,000 has been announced for those giving information about the operation of such clinics in Bareilly division, commissioner K Ravindra Naik said, while presiding over a meeting of officials of the health and animal husbandry departments
Find fetus sex test facility, get Rs 5000 reward
BAREILLY: District authorities will clamp down on clinics conducting pre-natal diagnostic test to determine the sex of a foetus. A cash reward of Rs 5,000 has been announced for those giving information about the operation of such clinics in Bareilly division, commissioner K RavindraNaik said, while presiding over a meeting of officials of the health and animal husbandry departments.
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Naik added that ultrasound clinics authorized to conducting medical diagnostic tests are also indulging in unethical practices like conducting pre-natal diagnostic tests to determine the sex of the foetus, in violation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act 1994. He said the Rs 5,000 award was being offered to prevent the practice of female foeticide.
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