India, Jan. 9 -- Faridabad got its first few legal surrogacy approvals in Haryana in January first week under the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act enforced in 2024, district health department officials said on Thursday.

Around six couples have forwarded their request to apply for legal surrogacy procedure through the chief medical officer's office, added officials.

Dr S.S. Dahiya, district's nodal surrogacy officer, said the couples seeking legal surrogacy would be required to obtain a medical indication, eligibility and essential certificates. "An empowered committee called 'District Appropriate Authority', with deputy commissioner and chief medical officers as its members, will decide the feasibility of the cases," Dr Dahiya said,...