Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian has said that an inquiry will be conducted following a row that emerged over the twin babies born to south Indian supersta꧙r Nay꧒anthara and her husband and director Vignesh Sivan.
The couple announced on Sunday that they have become parents of twin boys. Even though the couple did not ma🧔ke any offi♔cial statement, there were reports that the babies were conceived through surrogacy.
Several questions weꦦre raised as to whether the surrogacy laws applicable in the countr𝄹y were followed by Nayanthara and Vignesh. It may be noted that the couple got married four months ago.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian, during a💙 press conference on Monday evening, said that surrogacy law is itself s൲ubjected to a lot of debates.
He saไid that those who are above 21 years of age but under 36 are eligible for surrogacy with the consent✨ of their families.
The Health Minister said that an inquiry will be conducted, and he would instruct the Director of Medical Servicesꦑ to conduct an inquiry.
Subramanian told IANS: "An inquiry will be conducted, and I will be directing the Medical Services Directorate to condu𓃲ct an inquiry into the same."
In India, commercial surrogacy is banned, and the criteria are that the surrogate should be ༒at least married once and should have her own child.
According to the latest surrogacy regulation bill, with effܫect from January 25, 2022, the idea is the prohibition of commercial surrog𒆙acy.
Only altruistic surrogacy would b𓆏e allowed wherein, except for the medic👍al expenses and the insurance cover of the surrogate, no other charges or expenses would be covered by the couple who engages the surrogate.
