The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha in November 2016. The Bill is yet to be passed.
Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby an intending couple commissions a surrogate mother to carry their child.
The intending couple must be Indian citizens and married for at least five years with at least one of them being infertile.The surrogate mother has to be a close relative who has been married and has had a child of her own.
No payment other than reasonable medical expenses can be made to the surrogate mother.The surrogate child will be deemed to be the biological child of the intending couple.
Central and state governments will appoint appropriate authorities to grant eligibility certificates to the intending couple and the surrogate mother.These authorities will also regulate surrogacy clinics.
Undertaking surrogacy for a fee, advertising it or exploiting the surrogate mother will be punishable with imprisonment for 10 years and a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh.
