Overall Status of Implementation of

the PCPNDT Act

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COMMUNITY

Naveen Jain, IASChairperson, State Appropriate Authority,

PCPNDTMedical, Health & Family Welfare Department,

Rajasthan

Sex Ratio in India & Rajasthan-CSR. PCPNDT Act & Relevant Rules. "Daughters are Precious" Campaign. Efforts of Rajasthan Government. Mukhbir and Decoy Operations. Learnings from Real cases Impact of all the exercises on SRB How daughters are killed? What we are doing to save our girls?

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Discuss with audienceWhy we discriminate against Girls?Why we don’t want a girl child?Safety Religious reasonsSons for old age supportFamily name

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On the Independence Day Hon’ble

PM. Narendra Modi said “Save the Girl Child”

"Request to the doctors not to kill the girl growing in the womb. Advise to the mothers, Sisters, Fathers not to sacrifice daughters in the hope of son ".

Daughters are Precious Campaign launched on 23/9/2016 by Hon’ble Minister of State for Health, GoI & State

Health Minister of Rajasthan

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Seminars in Colleges

More than 14 Lakh Youths in 6623 colleges/ schools/institutes were

reached through campaign

Community mobilization for reducing demand – Daughters are Precious

Campaign

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Daughters are Precious at Various Districts of Rajasthan

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School Awarenes

s Drive

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What is sex selection? Practice of determining the sex of an unborn

foetus and eliminating it if found to be female. sex selection is also referred to as pre-natal elimination of girls.

Introduction

• It is defined as aborting a female foetus after sex determination test.

• Ultrasonography helps determine abnormalities in the fetus, but it is misused to find out sex of the foetus and abortion is done if it is a girl.

What is female

foeticide?

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Root Cause of Sex determination Poverty Lack of Education Low status of women and girls in a male

dominated society The culture of son preference Monitoring of foetus sex determination Obsession for Son. Fear of dowry by many poor class families. Girls are considered as financial obligation by

many parents. Advancement in technology , nowadays parent

determines the sex of a child before birth.   Some of the doctors do this heinous act to

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PCPNDT-Introduction Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and

Prevention of Misuse) Act enacted in 1994; came into force in 1996

Act amended in 2003: Renamed as the Pre-conception and Pre-natal

Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994

Now includes prohibition of sex selection before and after conception

Also regulates use of pre-conception diagnostic techniques for sex selection

Central legislation; however, implementation completely rests with the States through decentralised implementing mechanisms (Appropriate Authorities) at the state/ district / sub-district level

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How the Act works? PROHIBITON: Sex selection before or after conception and misuse of

pre-natal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the foetus

Advertisements in relation to such techniques for detection or determination of sex

REGISTRATION: Facilities providing pre-conception and pre-natal

diagnostics capable of determining the sex of the foetus

MAINTENANCE & PRESERVATION OF RECORDS: Prescribes formats including Form F

SEARCH, SEIZURE & SEALING POWERS: Appropriate Authorities empowered with the

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Strength of the Act of 1994

CognizableFIR registration- Arrest without warrant

Non-bailablePolice can’t grant bail

Non-compoundableNo negotiation

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Who all are liable? Unit in-charge / owner Persons who perform the tests Mediator abetting pregnant woman’s access Husband / relatives of the pregnant woman The pregnant woman herself is considered

innocent under the Act, unless proved otherwise

Persons / units advertising about sex selection in any form

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The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act,

1994

Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques includesUltra-sonography, Foetoscopy,Taking samples of amniotic fluid, embryo, blood or

any tissue or fluid of pregnant women before or after conception,

Testing samples in Genetic Laboratory to detect genetic disorders, abnormalities or sex-linked diseases

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The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994

Imposes restrictions on:Clinics, medical personnel and sale of

machines Only registered genetic clinics can use pre-

natal diagnostic techniquesBy qualified medical practitionerProhibition of sex-selectionProhibition on sale of ultrasound machine to

unregistered laboratories, clinics & persons18

The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act,

1994

PNDT can be used for detection of abnormalities:Chromosomal AbnormalitiesGenetic Metabolic DiseasesHaemoglobinopathiesSex-linked genetic diseasesCongenital abnormalitiesAny other abnormalities

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Sonography Machine

Authorized Not Authorized 20

Trend in Child sex ratio in Rajasthan 1971-2011

Major Fall of 38 Points

PCPNDT ACT Implemented in

1994

Due to Non Implemention of

Act, Fall of 21 Points

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Status of Sex-Ratio and Child Sex Ratio in Rajasthan (A comparison during 1991; 2001; 2011)

Year 1991 2001 20111991-2001

2001-2011

Sex Ratio 910 921 926 +11 +5

Child Sex Ratio

(0-6 years)916 909 888 -7 -21

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Rajasthan - 909

Rajasthan - 888

Child Sex Ratio (0-6 years)

Less than 850

850 - 899 950 And Above

900 to 949

2001 2011

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AAMIR KHAN CLIP

FROM SATYAMEV JAYATE

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How Rajasthan is different in India?104 & 108 helpline for complaintsIMPACT softwareActive tracker on Sonography machinesGPS on new machinesPBIMukhbir network and then Decoy operationsSeparate courts for hearing such cases in all

districtsBeti Bachao Prakoshtha and “Daughters are

Precious” campaignRegular inspections by Appropriate Authorities at

State/ District/ Sub DivisionWorkshops, Seminars etc for awareness in

community.

What Government is doing?

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Beti Janam Badhai Sandesh & Mukhyamantri Rajshree Yojna

Congratulatory message, signed by the Hon’ble Chief Minister is given to every mother who comes to government institutions for delivery and delivers a girl child

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104 & 108 Toll Free ServiceAny one can file

complaint against sex determination/ selection on

104 & 108 Toll free services

It is very easy to accessEfforts have been undertaken

to create awareness about it among the public

Hamaribeti.nic.in

Integrated Ambulance Services

Dial an Ambulance 27

Integrated Monitoring System for PCPNDT ActIMPACT Software

Website Address - http://pcpndt.raj.nic.in28

IMPACT SoftwareThe website was launched on 1st Oct, 2012.

The website address is http://pcpndt.raj.nic.in.

The system is designed and developed by the National Informatics Centre – Rajasthan.

More than 1554+ sonography centres are registered online.

More than one crore Form-F have been submitted online till date (since launch date).

More than 8000 online Form-F are being submitted by centers on daily basis.- 30 lakh sonography p.a.

More than 2666+ Tracking devices have been installed.

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Tracking Device It is installed with

Sonography machine in a tamper-proof manner.

It has common power supply with Sonography machine.

It captures the screen of Sonography machine and records it in compressed and encrypted form.

It is able to store data for the period of 2 years.

It sends the status through GPRS/ SMS signal. Tracking Device

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Mukhbir YojnaUnder the scheme, State Govt. has declared Award of

Rs. 2,50,000/- to the “Mukhbir” for giving authentic information of sex selection.

In 2016 25 decoy operations were conducted under this scheme. (Total 114 Decoy Operations conducted in the State including 42 Decoy Operations in 2017 and 18 Decoy Operations in 2018.)

Under this scheme 40% of the award amount is given to Informant, other 40% of the award amount is given to Pregnant lady and rest 20% is given to the attendant of the pregnant lady31

100,000

100,000

50,000 Pregnant

LadyInformerAssistant

Award Distributed in Ratio 40:40:20

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S.No Team No.'s Amount Awarded

1. Mukhbir 85 28059502. Assistant 72 22310753. Pregnant

Lady72 1296750

4. Total 239 6333775

Till Date total 224 people have been awarded under this scheme.

Note: In 9 cases Mukhbir and Sahiyogi were same .

Progress So Far from the beginning of the scheme since 2009 Decoy Operations

Total no of Decoy Operations 114

Total interstate decoy

operations 3333

PCPNDT Bureau of Investigation

First and only of such kind in India

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Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 312: Without analyzing the threat to the life of women

Section 313: Without the consent of the women

Section 314: Trying to cause miscarriage and thereby causing death

Section 315: An act done to prevent a child from being born/ or born alive concealing the birth of a child

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Section 315 IPCAct done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth-Whoever before the birth of any child does any act with the intention of thereby preventing that child from being born alive or causing it to die after its birth, and does by such act prevent that child from being born alive ,or cause it to die after its birth ,shall ,if such act be not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the mother, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both.

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Action taken by Appropriate Authorities in the State (Till December 2017) Sonography Centres

Registrations since inception of the Act (Govt. – 224+ Pvt. – 2697)

2921

Inspections 13003Suspension / Cancellation 196/435Seal and Seizures 506

Complaints have been filed in the court 679

Convictions against Sonography Centres including Dealers/ Suppliers of machines 20637

Some recent convictionsS.No

.Title Name Court Conviction Date

1. Jhunjhunu Sharma Hospital, Khetri Jhunjhunu (DECOY)

CJM Jhunjhunu

Dr. Sunita Sharma

1 Year imprisonment with 10000 /-fine date 06-02-18

2. State Vs Rajendra Kachhawa

Rajendra Kacchawa

ACJM Udaipur

1 yearsINR 5000

Fine

22/09/17

3 State Vs Arjun Lal Arjun Lal ACJM Jaipur 3 years 10000 Fine

21/02/2017

4 State Vs. Dulet Hospital, Jaipur

Dr. Charan Singh & Manju Dulet

ADJ Jaipur 6 Month & 5000 Fine

Each

07.09.2017

5 State Vs Chandraval Hospital,Abu Road,Sirohi

Dr.Satyadev Mehta & Dr.Ramesh

ACJM Sirohi 2 year & 1000 fine

26.10.1638

52 decoy in last 365 days

1 operation per 7 days

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Our speed….increasing year by year

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Yearwise Decoy

100000/-30/7/2012

200000/

03/03/2015

250000/1/04/2017

Quick Glance .....Year No of Decoy

OperationsTotal No of Arrested person/Doctors

No of Arrested Doctors

2009 3 3 32010 8 8 82011 3 3 32012 2 2 22013 5 14 32014 3 6 22015 5 12 22016 25 71 132017 46 118 262018 18 38 8Total 114 273(180 Intrastate

& 93 Interstate)70(42

Intrastate & 28 Interstate)41

Districts in Gujarat - Targeted by PCPNDT Cell

Patan

TapiSurat

Valsad

The DangsNavsari

Kachchh

Bharuch Narmada

Rajkot

Surendranagar

Rann of Kachchh

Banas Kantha

Ahmadabad

Gandhinagar

Sabar Kantha

Mahesana

Vadodara

Dahod

AmreliJunagadh

Porbandar

Jamnagar

Panch MahalsKheda

Anand

Bhavnagar

Ganganagar854 Hanumangarh

869

Bikaner902

Churu896 Jhunjhunun

831Alwar861 Bharatpur

863Dhaulpur854Karauli

844

Sawai Madhopur 865

Dausa859Jaipur

859

Sikar841

Nagaur888Jodhpur

890

Jaisalmer868

Pali895

Ajmer893

Tonk882

Bundi885

Bhilwara916Rajsamand

891Chittaurgarh 903

Kota889

Baran902

Jhalawar905

Barmer899

Jalor891

Sirohi890

Udaipur920

Dungarpur916 Banswara

925

District 2011Patan 890Mahesana 842Gandhinaghar

847

District 2001 2011Barmer 919 899Jalore 921 891Sirohi 918 890Udaipur 947 920Dungarpur 955 916Banswara 962 925

CHILD SEX RATIO  Below 800  800 - 849

  850 - 899  900 - 949  950 and above

Cross Border Challenges…

All the districts are below 900

Districts in Uttar PradeshTargeted by PCPNDT Cell

Ghaziabad

Baghpat

Mirzapur

Rampur

Chandauli

Ghazipur

Jyotiba Phule Nagar

Saharanpur

MauAzamgarh

JaunpurBallia

BandaMahoba

Jhansi

Jalaun

Hamirpur

Lalitpur

AuraiyaEtawah

Kanpur NagarKanpur Dehat

Varanasi

Deoria

KushinagarSant Kabir NagarBasti

Gorakhpur

Mahrajganj

BalrampurShrawasti

SiddharthnagarGonda

Bareilly

Budaun

Kanshi Ram Nagar

Agra

MathuraMainpuri

Firozabad

BulandshaharGautam Buddha Nagar

Aligarh

Etah

Moradabad

Sant Ravidas Nagar (Bhadohi)

Sonbhadra

Muzaffarnagar

Meerut

Kannauj

Farrukhabad

Unnao

Hardoi

Rae Bareli

Lucknow

Shahjahanpur

Pilibhit

Sitapur

Kheri

Bijnor

Bahraich

Sultanpur

Barabanki

Allahabad

Ambedkar NagarFaizabad

Fatehpur

Chitrakoot

Kaushambi

Pratapgarh

Ganganagar854 Hanumangarh

869

Bikaner902

Churu896 Jhunjhunun

831Alwar861 Bharatpur

863Dhaulpur854

Karauli 844

Sawai Madhopur 865

Dausa859Jaipur

859

Sikar841

Nagaur888Jodhpur

890

Jaisalmer868

Pali895

Ajmer893

Tonk882

Bundi885

Bhilwara916Rajsamand

891Chittaurgarh 903

Kota889

Baran902

Jhalawar905

Barmer899 Jalor

891

Sirohi890

Udaipur920

Dungarpur916 Banswara

925CHILD SEX RATIO  Below 800  800 - 849

  850 - 899  900 - 949  950 and above

District 2001

2011

Karauli 873 844Dhaulpur 860 854Bharatpur 879 863 District 200

12011

Agra 866 861Mathura 872 870

Declining CSR in Rajasthan

Declining CSR in border

districts of UP

Rajasthan-Haryana Borderingdistricts in 2011

All the districts

are below 900

District 2001 2011Jaipur 899 859Sikar 886 841Alwar 887 861Churu 911 896Jhunjunu 863 831Hanumangarh

872 878

District 2011Sirsa 852Fatehabad 845Hisar 849Bhiwani 831Mahendragarh 778Rewari 784Gurgaon 826

Declining CSR in Rajasthan

Inter-State Decoy Operations

Gujarat-11Uttar Pradesh-11

Haryana-3

Madhya Pradesh-3 Punjab-4

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Delhi-1

Uttar Pradesh

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Sex Determination Resulted as......

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Father

Son

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Gujarat

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Haryana Action

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MADHYA PRADESH Action

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PUNJAB ACTION

05/08/2017

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Delhi

91th DECOY OPERATION

10/10/2017

@ DELHI 59

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International women's Day dedicated to

unborn Girl Child by PCPNDT Dept

Rajasthan

Getting Bail is not so easier

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Abortion Train

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Why to save them...any commentsDecoy 26.12.2016

3 year

s and.

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Decoy Operation-8th August 2017

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Decoy operation -13/08/2017

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Decoy Operation Dated-31/08/17

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92nd Decoy Operation

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94th Decoy Operation

95th Decoy Operation

02.11.2017 05.11.2017

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96th Decoy Operation

06.12.2017

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97-98-99th Decoy Operation

05.01.2018

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101 Decoy Operation

15.01.2018

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102 Decoy Operation

28.01.2018

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103 Decoy Operation

29.01.2018

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105 Decoy Operation

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105 Decoy Operation

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106 Decoy Operation

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107 Decoy Operation

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108 Decoy Operation

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109 Decoy Operation

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110 & 111 Decoy Operation

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112,113 & 114Decoy Operation

Educational Video

Growth of foetusand

Cruel ways of abortion

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What is the good news????PCTS Data

In the last 3 financial years 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 based on 43+Lacs birth now our Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) increasing continuously...............

It was 929 in 2015-16 and its 950 in 2017-18 (Till Feb’17)

Year Sex Ratio at Birth

2015-16 9292016-17 938

2017-18 950

Finally Some good news????

If the trend is continued for next 5 years, CSR will become around 940 for the state (in comparison of 888 as per Census 2011)

Increase of 52 Points

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Positive outcomes CSR Vs. SRB

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Hanumangarh

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HT News….

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Various States Exposure Visit

1.Uttar Pradesh Team Visited and Started Working .

2.Jharkhand & Himachal Team

Visited and will start working.

3.Orissa team visited.

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SKOCH AWARDS

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Using Social Media

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PRASOON JOSHI VIDEO

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Contact US-@Our Official Facebook ID

Pcpndt Rajasthan

Official Page-@Daughters are

Precious

Official Email-@daughtersareprecious@gmail.com

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Department progress

in PCPNDT

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Longest Chain of Paper Hearts for Daughters are

Precious

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We are Committed To Save Our Daughters.