India, March 6 -- The Maharashtra government is mulling stricter provisions under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act to curb female foeticide, with the health department examining whether repeat offenders in illegal sex determination cases can be booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), said officials.

Directions to that effect were issued by health minister Prakash Abitkar during a high-level review meeting held at Mantralaya on Thursday to assess the implementation of the PCPNDT Act across the state. Senior officials from the law and judiciary department, public health department, Maharashtra Medical Council, and Maharashtra Council of Indian Medicine, along with of...