Friday, September 27, 2013

JIYO PARSI

  • ‘Jiyo Parsi’ is the first-of-its-kind scheme where a government will intervene to stabilize the population of a listed minority whose numbers have fallen from 1.14 lakh in 1941 to 65,000 today.
  • This scheme will be open only to married Parsi couples of child bearing age who want medical assistance for infertility treatment
  • They are free to seek assisted reproductive technologies, including in vitro fertilization
  • Adolescent Parsis will get Rs 25,000 each for infertility screening
  • Rs 20 crore have been earmarked for the scheme this fiscal.

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