The Times of India | TNN | May 27, 2018, 20:58 IST.
JAIPUR: Aiming to prevent sex selection tests by curbing sale of unregistered sonography machines in the state, the health department has made it compulsory for sonography dealers and manufacturers to get registered under the pre-conception pre-natal diagnostic technique (PCPNDT) Act. Earlier, registration was mandatory only for sonography centres.
So far, 19 sonography manufacturers and dealers have got registered, a PCPNDT cell official said.
The move of making the registration of dealers and manufacturers mandatory was taken to curb illegal sale of sonography machines. “We have found illegal sonography machines used in sex selection tests during decoy operations. Now, making registration compulsory for dealers and manufacturers will prevent sale of unregistered machines,” the official said.
With new directions regarding registration, manufacturers and dealers will have to inform the PCPNDT cell about each sonography machine sold along with the name of the sonography centre, which purchased the machine.
If the health department found any unregistered sonography machines of a registered manufacturer or dealer, action will be taken against the dealer and manufacturer.
According to the health department’s figures, there are 2968 sonography centres in the state, out of those, 1672 are functional.
The health department officials claimed that decoy operations along with efforts taken under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao has improved SRB in the state.
