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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicSurrogacy bill

Topic: surrogacy bill

2 years after passing laws on artificial reproduction, Centre asks states for data on surrogacy & IVF

Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 & Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 define who can access these procedures. National Registry should already have numbers sought, say experts.

‘Bhade ki kokh’ — how traffickers from North Bengal earn lakhs from illegal surrogacy

Girls from tea garden areas are being trafficked and forced into surrogacy. A ban on commercial surrogacy under the new law, say experts, may help the illegal practice prosper.

Haryana khaps practiced eugenics, produced world-class athletes: BJP MP says in Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, which regulates fertility clinics, and Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill.

Let single women, only widowed or divorced, avail of surrogacy: Parliamentary panel

Select committee recommendations for women in 35-45 age group also says surrogate mothers should not be restricted to “close relatives” alone.

Is the Surrogacy Bill 2019 unfair to women by limiting their options?

The Rajya Sabha Wednesday deferred the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 after several members wanted modifications.

Cap on age limit for IVF could be allowed, but only with checks and balances

Undergoing IVF is a personal choice — and banning it for certain ages is probably eroding constitutional rights of those individuals.

Modi govt wants 50-year age limit for women taking IVF treatment to get pregnant

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan says legislation proposed in Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2019 to be tabled in next Parliament session.

Commercial surrogacy: Prone to misuse or should be allowed with regulations?

The Narendra Modi government Monday reintroduced the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.