The remaining Rs 5,000 will be released after the accused is convicted. The informer will get Rs 10,000 in the first installment after verification of the correctness of the information and the second installment of Rs 10,000 will be given to him/her after filing of prosecution report. District collectors and enforcement authorities have been asked to intensify the implementation of the PC and PNDT Act across the state,” she added. “Information from the community will be helpful in preventing the malice. The incentive scheme launched by the state government would help increase male-female sex ratio and safeguard the ‘right to life’ of the female foetus, she said.
Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Shalini Pandit said determining sex of the foetus and sex selection amounts to misuse of technology and is one of the important reasons behind declining sex ratio.
