Rajasthan: Incentive for informers to check female foeticide hiked

JAIPUR: The state government has increased the incentive under the ‘Mukhbir Yojana’ (informer scheme) with an aim to preventing female foeticide.
The increased incentive of Rs 3 lakh, up from Rs 2.5 lakh, will be effective from the financial year 2021-22. Under the scheme, a person provides information of doctors or others involved in sex determination. The PCPNDT cell then verifies the information and conducts decoy operations to nab the guilty.
Principal secretary (health) Akhil Arora has issued detailed guidelines regarding the scheme.In the guidelines, special emphasis has been laid to prevent sex determination by strict implementation of the PCPNDT Act.
Earlier, informers were getting Rs 2.5 lakh in three installments. The first installment was given on successful completion of decoy operation, the second after complaint was filed in the court and the third after verdict by the court.
Now, making it more attractive for the informer, decoy pregnant woman and her accomplice will be paid a total of Rs 3 lakh. The first installment will be given to the informer, decoy pregnant woman and her accomplice on completion of the decoy operation and the second will be paid after statement is given in support of the prosecution in the court.
The pregnant woman, who will act as a ‘decoy’ will get Rs 1.50 lakh in two installments, earlier she was getting Rs1 lakh. Since the role of pregnant woman is crucial in the decoy operation, and risk of foetus is involved in it, the incentives has been increased for her, which she will get in two installments. Earlier, she was getting it in three installments.
Earlier, the informer was given Rs 33,250 each in three installments and accomplice was given Rs 16,625 each in three installments. But now the informer will get the incentive in two installments of Rs 50,000 each and accomplice will get two installments of Rs 25,000 each. The pregnant women will get Rs 1.50 lakh.
State Appropriate Authority (pre-conception pre-natal diagnostic technique Act) Sudhir Sharma said there will be more support from people in preventing sex determination with the implementation of informer scheme with slight modification in incentives. He appealed to the people to extend help in preventing sex determination and to lodge complaint about it on toll free number 104/108 and on whatsapp number 9799997795.