The state government has reconstituted the state board mandated under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, 1994. The board aims to create awareness against sex determination tests, which involve pre-conception and pre-natal determination of a fetus’s sex, contributing to female feticide in the state.

Composition and Leadership

The 27-member body, announced by the Mahayuti government, replaces the board appointed in 2021 during the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime. Chaired by the Minister for Public Health, it includes secretaries from Public Health, Urban Development, Law and Judiciary, Women and Child Development, Social Justice, and Medical Education, along with the Commissioner for Health Services and the Director of Health Services. The Chairperson of t

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