(a) number of cases of female foeticide or sex selective abortions that have officially been reported or detected during the last five years; and
(b) number of cases in which action has been taken against the doctor/clinic for violating PNDT Act during the last five years?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a): Separate figures of female foeticide are not available. A statement showing incidence of foeticide reported during the period 1999-2003 is annexed.
(b): As per reports received from States and UTs, 415 cases are pending before various Courts against violators of the PNDT Act, out of these 336 are for non-registration of the centre, 12 are for non-maintenance of records; 21 are for communication of sex of the foetus, 12 are for advertisement about facilities of preconception/pre-natal sex selection; and 34 are in respect of other violations.
Annexure
Incidence of female foeticide reported during the year 1999-2003
Sl.No. States/UTs 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
1 Andhra Pr. 3 8 0 0 2 2 Arunachal Pr. 0 0 0 0 0 3 Assam 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bihar. 4 1 0 1 0 5 Chhattisgarh NA NA 5 0 9 6 Goa 0 0 0 0 0 7 Gujarat 7 0 4 9 1 8 Haryana 9 13 3 6 6 9 Himachal Pradesh 1 0 0 6 0 10 J&K 1 0 0 2 1 11 Jharkhand NA NA 0 0 0 12 Karnataka 0 1 1 7 0 13 Kerala. 0 0 0 2 0 14 Madhya Pradesh 17 14 7 4 9 15 Maharashtra 13 41 17 10 8 16 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 20 Orissa 0 1 0 0 0 21 Punjab 3 0 7 10 4 22 Rajasthan 3 9 8 6 11 23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 24 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 0 25 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 26 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 1 1 0 27 Uttaranchal NA NA 0 0 0 28 West Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 29 A & N Islands 0 0 0 0 0 30 Chandigarh 0 1 0 0 0 31 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 32 D & N Haveli 0 0 0 0 0 33 Delhi 0 2 2 20 0 34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 35 Pondicherry 0 0 0 0 0
Total 61 91 55 84 52