India, Nov. 7 -- The Telangana government has ordered stringent action against private IVF centres accused of unauthorised egg collection and of exploiting couples who approach them for fertility treatment. Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha directed officials on Friday to cancel for good the registration of any clinic found flouting rules, and to move to revoke the medical licences of the doctors held responsible.

The directions were issued at a review meeting with senior Health Department officials at the TGMSIDC office in Koti. Clinics traced to gangs said to be running an illegal egg trade are to be shut down, and officials have been asked to weigh whether the licences of complicit doctors can be cancelled for good.

The departme...