Adverse Sex-ratio and The Law: Training On Implementation Of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex-Selection) Act, 1994

Post Date: Monday, August 22, 2016

 

Adverse Sex-ratio and The Law: Training On Implementation Of Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex-Selection) Act, 1994

Adverse Sex-ratio and The Law: Training On Implementation Of Pre-Conception And Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition Of Sex-Selection) Act, 1994 is a training Manual on implementation of pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic techniques.

The handbook gives information regarding the status of implementation of Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act in different parts of India. The handbook, elucidates the various methods for the enhancement of women’s status in society, protecting rights of the girl child, right to survival, education, effective enforcement of equal proprietary rights for women and many more.

It also discusses various initiatives taken up to spread awareness about the statute and implementation techniques, keeping in consideration the Gender Equity Policy. Prohibitions and penalties are discussed in the hand-book regarding the punitive consequences of actions such as Pre-Natal Sex Determination, communication of the sex of the foetus in any form and sale of ultrasound machine to an unregistered centre etc. This handbook is a practical and useful guide for understanding the PNDT Act and the intricacies of the biased sex ration prevalent in our country.