Website, helpline to help curb sex discrimination

Mumbai: July 12, 2011

To discourage the conducting of sex determination tests, the Maharashtra government launched a website and a helpline through which complaints and tip-offs about illegal ultrasound tests may be recorded anonymously. The helpline is functional and the website will be accessible to the public from August 1. People can seek information about the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and report illegal activity in any of the sonography centres across the State.


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