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Surrogacy’s ashes prove fertile for India’s large IVF chains

Proposed legislation has dented India’s reputation as a global surrogacy capital. But as the sun sets on surrogacy, large, institutionally-funded IVF chains are readying for their moment in the sun

26/04/19

Ruhi Kandhari

Surrogacy for international couples was banned in 2016 and a bill banning commercial surrogacy was passed by the Lok Sabha in 2018

The two laws have adversely affected unorganised standalone IVF centres whose revenues were dependent on surrogacy

While this has impacted the Indian fertility market, private equity firms remain bullish on organised IVF chains

What was surrogacy’s loss, they posit, will be a massive boost for large, organised IVF chains

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Up until recently, Akanksha Infertility Clinic in Anand, Gujarat, was the leading surrogacy clinic in India. At its peak in 2015, the clinic saw 185 births through surrogacy. Today, things are different. The majority of beds in the hostel for surrogate mothers lie empty. The once-serpentine queues of couples—both foreign and Indian—are now markedly shorter….

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