Question

What is the PC-PNDT Act?

Answer 1

1. The PC-PNDT Act (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique) was enacted on 20 September 1994 and strictly amended in 2011 to ban the use of sex selection techniques before and after conception.
2. It forbade the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for selective abortion, leading to female foeticide.
3. Many social-economic, cultural, and moral reasons lie behind such ugly practices that are manifestations of discrimination against girls or the female members of our society.
4. The low sex ratio resulting from female foeticide and infanticide has severe consequences for Indian society.