papaya and pineapple

                                                             papaya is a wonder fruit, low in glycemic index, helpful for diabetics and those with arthritis and obesity. The fruit contains an enzyme called "papain" which helps break down foods and get digested so they do not turn toxic in stomach. So by ensuring that the intestinal tract remains healthy and cleansed.

             
painapple is another fruit which helps the digestion of tough proteins, particularly meats and paneer. Usually undigested protein is the main reason for gas, acidity and creation of toxins in the body. Pinapple has an active component called "bromelain".

                                                                                

Plantation, Selection and Storage of Basil Plant

  
                                                      
Basil belongs to the family of Lamiaceae, of the genus: Ocimum. Its scientific name is "Ocimum basilicum."

Basil is originally native to Iran, India and other tropical regions of Asia. This bushy annual herbal plant is grown for its medicinally useful leaves and seeds. Basil grows best in warm, tropical climates. Fully-grown plant reaches on an average about 100 cm in height. The leaves are light green, silky about 2.5 inches long and 1 inch broad with opposite arrangement. The flowers are quite big, white and arranged in a terminal spike.

Health benefits of Basil herb                      

Basil leaves contain many notable plants derived chemical compounds that are known to have disease preventing and health promoting properties.

Basil herb contains many polyphenolic flavonoids like orientin and vicenin. These compounds were tested in-vitro laboratory for their possible anti-oxidant protection against radiation-induced lipid per-oxidation in mouse liver.

Basil leaves contain much health benefiting essential oils such as eugenol, citronellol, linalool, citral, limonene and terpineol. These compounds are known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.

The herbs' parts are very low in calories and contain no cholesterol, but are very rich source of many essential nutrients, minerals, and vitamins that are required for optimum health.

Basil herb contains exceptionally high levels of beta-carotene, vitamin A, cryptoxanthin, lutein and zea-xanthin. These compounds help act as protective scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that play a role in aging and various disease processes.
Vitamin A is known to have antioxidant properties and is essential for vision. It is also required for maintaining healthy mucus membranes and skin. Consumption of natural foods rich in vitamin-A has been found to help the body protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.

Vitamin K in basil is essential for many coagulant factors in the blood and plays a vital role in the bone strengthening function by helping mineralization process in the bones.

Basil herb contains a good amount of minerals like potassium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids, which helps control heart rate and blood pressure. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase.

Basil leaves are an excellent source of iron, contains 3.17 mg/100 g of fresh leaves (about 26% of RDA). Iron, being a component of hemoglobin inside the red blood cells, determines the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood.

Plantation, Selection and Storage

No sprays can be used, not at all. The best thing is to simply daily water and keep her clean.

           

From 15 April to 15 June is the best season for growing this plant. The whole spot if possible may be covered by some net because the seedling stage creepers, being very delicate, are sometimes eaten up by the sparrows, so we have to give a little protection from attack of the sparrows. The watering should not be very much large in quantity, but it should be poured just to keep the ground soft and moist. Sunlight also should be allowed. When the creepers are grown at least 7 inches high, then you can take them out from the planting soil and transplant them in a row in a different place. Then go on watering and they will grow like anything.

Basil plant can be grown in a pot in the backyard so that fresh leaves are readily available for use whenever the need arises.

In the herb store, choose fresh organic basil over the dried form of the herb since fresh leaves are always superior in quality and flavor. Basil leaves should feature deep green leaves and free from dark spots or yellowing. Dry basil leaves and seeds can be found in these stores. However, sun dried as well as radiation-treated basil leaves may contain significantly decreased vitamin-C and carotene levels.

Fresh basil herb should be stored in the refrigerator set at appropriate humidity. Dried basil should be kept in a tightly sealed glass container in a cool, dark and dry place where it will keep fresh for up to six months.

Medicinal uses of basil herb

1. Fever & Common Cold: The leaves of basil are specific for many fevers. During the rainy season, when malaria and dengue fever are widely prevalent, tender leaves, boiled with tea, act as preventive against theses diseases. In case of acute fevers, a decoction of the leaves boiled with powdered cardamom in half a liter of water and mixed with sugar and milk brings down the temperature. The juice of tulsi leaves can be used to bring down fever. Extract of tulsi leaves in fresh water should be given every 2 to 3 hours. In between one can keep giving sips of cold water. In children, it is every effective in bringing down the temperature.

2. Coughs: Chewing tulsi leaves relieves cold and flu.

3. Sore Throat: Water boiled with basil leaves can be taken as drink in case of sore throat. This water can also be used as a gargle.

4. Stress: Basil leaves are regarded as an anti-stress agent. Recent studies have shown that the leaves afford significant protection against stress. Even healthy persons can chew 12 leaves of basil, twice a day, to prevent stress. It purifies blood and helps prevent several common elements.

5. Mouth Infections: The leaves are quit effective for the ulcer and infections in the mouth. A few leaves chewed will cure these conditions.

6. Headaches: Basil makes a good medicine for headache. A decoction of the leaves can be given for this disorder. Pounded leaves mixed with sandalwood paste can also be applied on the forehead for getting relief from heat, headache, and for providing coolness in general.

7. Eye Disorders: Basil juice is an effective remedy for sore eyes and night-blindness, which is generally caused by deficiency of vitamin A. Two drops of black basil juice are put into the eyes daily at bedtime.

Benefits of Basil Essential oil

Basil essential oil, is capable of improving memory and clarifying the mind.

Using this oil:                                                                                         

• Improve blood circulation. 
• Relieves pain.  
• Treats respiratory diseases.
• Improves digestion.
• Reduces severity of cold or flu.                
• Treats infections. 
• Relieves stress. 
• Improve skin and hair.   

How to Make Essential Oils from Herbs

Three Essential Tips for Success

The process of preserving herbs as aromatic oils is called infusion because the herbs are treated so that their herbal essences “infuse” the oil in which they are immersed.  For this reason essential oils are often called herbal infusions.

Pay careful attention to the three important tips below when you make your infused oils.  If you do then preserving your herbs in the way described will produce really high quality herbal infusions:

Use a good-quality, mild-flavored oil such as sunflower oil. You don’t want the taste of the oil to compete with the flavor and smell of your herbs. For this reason you should avoid using extra virgin olive oil
Cover you herbs completely with oil during the infusing process. Any bits sticking out will oxidize and spoil the flavor of the oil
Before storing the oil make sure you have removed all the plant material. If you don’t the oil will become cloudy and sour.
                                                 
Making the Aromatic Oil

When you are ready to start making essential oil from your herbs, follow these four steps carefully:

Put a handful of your herbs or flower heads into a clean glass jar. Choose either a single herb such as basil or a mixture such as oregano, rosemary and thyme. Crush them to release the flavor of the essential oils
Pour the mild vegetable oil (400 ml) into the jar until the leaves or flowers are completely covered. Put a well-fitting top on the jar and let it stand in a warm (but not sunny) place
After a week, strain off the herbs (use a cotton muslin cloth or an old open weave linen handkerchief) and then repeat the process of infusion with a fresh handful of your herbs (but using the same oil). Do this as many times as necessary until you have a jar of strongly flavored aromatic oil
Store your aromatic oil in a small to medium-size sterilized bottle and label it. Tie a small strip of cotton cloth around the top to help reduce the chances of air getting into the bottle. Make sure that you keep your stored oils out of the sun


To care for your tulsi shrub

Step

1

Refresh the planting soil around the tulsi shrub with nutrient-rich soil every spring. 

Step

2

Water the planting soil around the tulsi shrub regularly. Ideally you will need to water the soil every other day to keep it moist, while avoiding flooding the soil. When you feel the soil, it should feel damp or muddy to the touch, but you should not see a layer of water resting on it. Remember that tulsi really needs to be grown in a warm, humid environment.

Step

3

Trim or clean dead or dying leaves from the tulsi shrub as frequently as you notice them. The leaves can become brittle from not enough water or sun exposure, in which case you need to trim them away from the shrub with small gardening shears.

Step

4

Harvest your tulsi after it is fully grown (about 1 meter in height). 

Step

5

Protect your tulsi in the winter months. When the leaves have died back, you may want to cover your plant with a plastic bag to protect it from especially cold weather. Simply put it on top of your tulsi shrub and secure the bottom of the bag by bunching it together at the bottom of the shrub. This will not work for every shrub, unfortunately, especially if you live in cold climates. If you live in climates that get no snow, there is a good chance that your tulsi shrub will survive the cold, winter months, and then bloom again in the late spring.

Thanks and Take Care

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sleeping

Sleep is a normal activity in most higher organisms. Every human being, on average, spends a third of his or her life sleeping. Babies and children spend more time sleeping than adults while old people sleep less. The sleep wake cycle is controlled by an internal biological clock which usually coincides with the day - night cycle. We do not know yet what sleep does to our body except that we feel refreshed after a good night's sleep. But what lack of sleep does to an individual is quite well known. Prolonged lack of sleep leads to irritability, lack of concentration and even hallucinations. Thus, sleep certainly has a restorative function which helps the body face another active day.

Insomnia:

• Insomnia refers to the inability to go to sleep and sleeping difficulties

Symptoms to look for:

• Difficulty in falling asleep

• Inability to remain asleep

• Waking up early

• Lack of sleep leads to:

• Weak memory

• Lack of concentration

• Irritability

• Confused state of mind

Causes:

• Mental tension

• Anxiety

• Excessive work

• Feeling of resentment

• Anger and bitterness

• Constipation

• Overeating at night

• Dyspepsia

• Excessive consumption of tea or coffee

• Smoking

• Empty stomach before sleep

Natural home remedy using milk and honey:

1. Take 1 glass of milk

2. Add 1 tsp of honey

3. Drink every night before bedtime

4. This works as a tonic and a natural tranquilliser

5. Natural home remedy using aniseed and milk: 

6. Take ½ L of water

7. Add 1 tsp of aniseed

8. Heat the mixture for 15 min

9. Strain the mixture

10. Drink the liquid when it's hot

• You may add hot milk or honey to improve taste

• Consume at bedtime

Natural home remedy using honey: 

1. Take 1 glass of water

2. Mix 2 tsp of honey

3. Mix well

4. Drink before bedtime

Tips: 

• Take a hot bath or shower before bedtime for sound sleep

Snoring:

• Snoring is a common sleep related problem

• It is troublesome for the sufferer as well as the people around them

Causes:

• During sleep, muscles in the mouth relax

• At times, the tongue falls back

• This obstructs the passage of air which leads to snoring

• External factors which cause snoring are:

   o Physical exertion

   o Consuming alcohol

   o Certain medicines

Natural home remedy using clarified butter or brahmi oil: 

1. Put 2 drops lukewarm clarified butter in each nostril

2. Do this once every morning and every night at bedtime

3. Brahmi oil, a common ayurvedic herb, can be used instead of clarified butter

Natural home remedy using cardamom powder:

1. Take 1 glass warm water

2. Crush some cardamom seeds to get ½ tsp cardamom powder

3. Add it to the water

4. Mix well

5. Consume every day at bedtime

Natural home remedy using milk and turmeric powder:

1. Take 1 cup warm milk

2. Add 2 tsp turmeric powder

3. Consume every day at bedtime

Tips:

• Do not lie on your back as it increases the chances of your tongue falling back

• Elevate your head by 4-5 inches as it eases breathing and prevents tongue from rolling back. You may use cushions for this

• Lie sideways

• Avoid smoking since it leads to swelling and blockage of airways

• Avoid alcohol since it causes the muscles to relax

These remedies are based on the principles of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of healing, and are completely natural, non-invasive, and can be prepared at home. Consult your doctor if the symptoms persist.  Refer to the terms of use. 

                                                                                 

Meditation is unfruitful without the noble character of a devotee, there can be no worship without performing good deeds

fight for the cause

     

Sikhism is a spiritual, social, and political system of beliefs which considers spiritual life and secular life to be intertwined Guru Nanak, the 1^st Sikh Guru established the system of the Langar, or free kitchen, designed to safehold equality between all people and express the ethics of sharing, community, inclusiveness and oneness of all humankind. In addition to sharing with others, Guru Nanak encouraged earning/making a living honestly without exploitation or fraud and also meditationon God's name or qualities. Guru Hargobind, the 6^th Sikh Guru, established the political/temporal (Miri) and spiritual (Piri) realms to be mutually coexistent. According to the 9^th Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadhur, the ideal Sikh should have both Shakti (power that resides in the temporal), and Bhakti(spiritual meditative qualities). This was developed into the concept of the baptized Saint Soldier of theKhalsa by the 10^th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh.

Sikhs are expected to embody the qualities of a "Sant-Sipāhī"—a saint-soldier. Which means to love God, meditate on God, keep God in the heart, feel God's nearness and also be strong, courageous and ready to fight to protect weak people from cruel unjust attackers. One must have control over one's internal vices and be able to be constantly immersed in virtues clarified in the Guru Granth Sahib.

Guru Nanak described living an "active, creative, and practical life" of "truthfulness, fidelity, self-control and purity" as being higher than a purely contemplative life. According to Guru Nanak, the aim is to attain the "attendant balance of seperation-fusion, self-other, action-inaction, attachment-detachment, in the course of daily life", the polar opposite to a self-centered existence. In Sikhism there is no dogma, priests, monastics or yogis.                                                            

                                                               

                                                                 







                                                                     







                                                  







                                                            






                                                          




                                                          
   

     Punjabi: ਸੱਬ ਸਿੱਖਣ ਕੋ ਹੁਕਮ ਹੈ ਗੁਰੂ ਮਾਨਯੋ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ।

Transliteration: Sabb sikkhaṇ kō hukam hai gurū mānyō granth.

English: All Sikhs are commanded to take the Granth as Guru.

Prohibitions in Sikhism

There are a number of religious prohibitions in Sikhism.

Prohibited are:

1. Cutting hair: Cutting hair is strictly forbidden in Sikhism. Sikhs are required to keep unshorn hair.
2. Intoxication: Consumption of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and other intoxicants is not allowed. Intoxicants are strictly forbidden for a Sikh.However the Nihangs of Punjab take an infusion of cannabis to assist meditation.
3. Blind spirituality: Superstitions and rituals should not be observed or followed, including pilgrimages, fasting and ritual purification; circumcision; idols & grave worship; compulsory wearing of the veil for women; etc.
4. Material obsession: Obsession with material wealth is not encouraged in Sikhism.
5. Sacrifice of creatures: The practice of sati (widows throwing themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands), ritual animal sacrifice to celebrate holy occasions, etc. are forbidden.
6. Non-family-oriented living: A Sikh is encouraged not to live as a recluse, beggar, yogi, monastic (monk/nun) or celibate. Sikhs are to live as saint-soldiers.
7. Worthless talk: Bragging, lying, slander, "back-stabbing", etc. are not permitted. The Guru Granth Sahib tells the Sikh, "Your mouth has not stopped slandering and gossiping about others. Your service is useless and fruitless."
8. Priestly class: Sikhism does not have priests; they were abolished by Guru Gobind Singh (the 10th Guru of Sikhism). The only position he left was a Granthi to look after the Guru Granth Sahib, any Sikh is free to become Granthi or read from the Guru Granth Sahib.
9. Eating meat killed in a ritualistic manner (Kutha meat): Sikhs are strictly prohibited from eating meat from animals slaughtered in a religiously prescribed manner (such as dhabihah or shechita, known as Kutha meat, when the animal is killed by exsanguination via throat-cutting), or any meat where langar is served. The meat eaten by Sikhs is known as Jhatkameat.
10. Having extramarital sexual relations.

amazing facts...

• There are 300,000 million capillaries in a human lung. If they are joined end to end, it will cover the distance between Delhi and Chennai.

• For every 500 gm of fat gained, our body makes 11 km of blood vessels. It puts lot of strain on our heart, because it has to work harder to pump blood to these newly created extra vessels. Our body re-absorbs the unnecessary vessels, if it loses fat.                 

• Skin is the largest organ of  human body and covers about 20 square feet in an adult person. It flakes away constantly and each person sheds around 18 kg in a lifetime.

Get the facts about child labor and how it affects impoverished children and their families

1) One in six children 5 - 14 years old — about 16 percent of all children in this age group — is involved in child labor in developing countries.

2) In the least developed countries, 30 % of all children are engaged in child labor.

3) Worldwide, 126 million children work in hazardous conditions, often enduring beatings, humiliation and sexual violence by their employers.

4) An estimated 1.2 million children — both boys and girls — are trafficked each year into exploitative work in agriculture, mining, factories, armed conflict or commercial sex work.

5) The highest proportion of child laborers is in sub-Saharan Africa, where 26 % of children (49 million) are involved in work.

(Sources: www.unicef.org, www.ilo.org, www.crin.org)

Child Labour – Is a Shame

 “A labour has its own place in the cultured human family. Labour is necessary to keep the world going. This commercial and physical activity is necessary to all. It is a duty of every citizen to serve its nation and to be a helping hand of his family. But when this activity is forced brutally then termed exploitation or forced labour”.

                        

MAN IS THE BEST CREATION OF GOD. It is important to set new standards of faith, love, and respect. 

LIFE GOES LIKE A FLOW

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Welsh Griddle Cakes

Yield:  15 cakes

• 1 ¾ cups (200 gm) refined flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder (optional )
• 1/3 cup + 1½ tablespoons or (100 gm) cold butter cut into 1.5 cm cubes and refrigerated till use
• ¾ cup (100 gm) powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup or (50 gm) raisins
• One egg beaten
• ½ to 2 teaspoons milk
• 1 teaspoons butter

Method:

1.   Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg, three times.  Place in large bowl.

2.  Add butter into bowl.  Take a small portion of butter and flour mixture between fingertips and thumb of each hand.  Raise hands about 20 cm from base of bowl.  Rub butter and flour mixture between finger and thumbs; let mixture fall into bowl.  Repeat till all butter is rubber in and mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.   Add sugar and raisings.  Mix with a fork.  Add egg.  Mix with fork.  Add and mix enough milk, ½ teaspoon at a time, till mixture can be patted to form a ball.  Do not knead.

3.  On a floured surface, roll out dough evenly to about ½ cm thick.  Cut into rounds with pastry cutter or inverted bowl or glass 7 cm in diameter.  Use a blunt knife / spatula to lift rounds and place on a floured surface.

4.  Gather trimming and form a ball.  Repeat step 3 till all dough is cut into rounds (about 15).

5.  Heat pan on medium heat about 2 minutes for 22 cm / about 3 minutes for 26 cm pan.

6.  Reduce heat to low.  Spread butter all over pan.  Quickly add 5 rounds, leaving the centre space free.  Cook about 5 minutes on each side (both sides should be golden brown).  Cook remaining rounds, 5 at a time, on low heat about 3 minutes on each side without adding butter.   Serve hot or at room temperature accompanied with honey or jam.

4 rounds on the 22 cm pan. 

P.B - I am vegan, I don't eat eggs, it is an interesting receipe just thought to share with you all.

Laws on surrogacy in India

Is surrogacy legal in India?

Yes, commercial surrogacy is legal in India. But it’s still unregulated in our country as we don’t have legislation controlling surrogacy. And although the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set ‘national guidelines’ to regulate surrogacy, these are still simply guidelines. All that this means is that surrogate mothers need to sign a “contract” with the childless couple. There are no stipulations as to what will happen if this “contract’ is violated.

Landmark cases regarding surrogacy

It was in Manji’s case in 2002 that Supreme Court of India held that commercial surrogacy was legal in India.

In Jan Balaz v Union of India, the Gujarat High Court conferred Indian citizenship on two twin babies fathered through compensated surrogacy by a German national in Anand district in Gujarat.

Indian Council for Medical Research’s guidelines for surrogacy

In 2005, The Indian Council for Medical Research gave guidelines to help regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology procedures. The Law Commission of India submitted the 228th report on Assisted Reproductive Technology procedures discussing the importance and need for surrogacy, and also the steps taken to control surrogacy arrangements. The following observations had been made by the Law Commission:

• Surrogacy arrangement will continue to be governed by a contract amongst parties, which will contain all the terms requiring consent of surrogate mother to bear the child, agreement of her husband and other family members for the same, medical procedures of artificial insemination, reimbursement of all reasonable expenses for carrying child to full term, willingness to hand over the child born to the commissioning parent(s), etc. But such an arrangement should not be for commercial purposes.
• A surrogacy arrangement should provide for financial support for the surrogate child in the event of death of the commissioning couple or individual before delivery of the child, or divorce between the intended parents and subsequent willingness of none to take delivery of the child.
• A surrogacy contract should necessarily take care of life insurance cover for surrogate mother.
• One of the intended parents should be a donor as well, because the bond of love and affection with a child primarily emanates from biological relationship. Also, the chances of various kinds of child-abuse, which have been noticed in cases of adoptions, will be reduced. In case the intended parent is single, he or she should be a donor to be able to have a surrogate child. Otherwise, adoption is the way to have a child, which is resorted to if biological (natural) parents and adoptive parents are different.
• Legislation itself should recognise a surrogate child to be the legitimate child of the commissioning parent(s) without there being any need for adoption or even declaration of guardian.
• The birth certificate of the surrogate child should contain the name(s) of the commissioning parent(s) only.
• Right to privacy of donor as well as surrogate mother should be protected.
• Sex-selective surrogacy should be prohibited.
• Cases of abortions should be governed by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 only.

Prevalence and success of surrogacy in India

Prevalence in India is hard to predict as there are no exact figures available and prevalence is also dependent on specialised centres that cater to surrogacy as an option to couples that have no other way of getting a baby of their own.

However, the success rate of surrogacy is almost 45% with fresh embryos and 25% with frozen embryos.

The package for surrogacy in India almost costs 50% less as compared to other countries and can vary between Rs 8,00,000 to 15,00,000 approximately.

The surrogacy package price estimate above, covers doctor fees, legal fees, surrogate work up, antenatal care, delivery charges, surrogate compensation, egg donor, drugs and consumables, & IVF costs.

In January 2013, Union Home Ministry Issued Strict Guidelines for Regulating Surrogacy in India

The Union Home Ministry in India issued stricter guidelines for those visas which are used by the foreign nationals interested in surrogacy. This is said to be the archetypical step by the Home Ministry to regulate surrogacy in India. The new guidelines indicated that single foreigners as well as the gay couples would not be eligible for having the Indian surrogate. Only those foreign man and woman, who are married for at least two years, would be granted the visas.

The Union Home Ministry stated that they had noticed a few foreign nationals visiting India for the purpose of surrogacy on their tourist visa, which is not appropriate. Back in July 2012, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had decided in the circular sent to foreign embassies that the foreigners were entitled to enter India for surrogacy only on their medical visas and no other kind of visas. Also, it was mandatory for the foreign nationals to fulfill a few criterions. The circular was notified on 17 December 2012 by the Foreign Regional Registration Office in Mumbai and was also sent to the fertility clinics. 

The guidelines are issued when the legislation for regulating the fertility clinics is waiting for tabling in the Parliament. This legislation is called the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Regulation Bill 2010.

Conditions laid down by home ministry

Foreign couples who intended to have an Indian surrogate should provide a letter from the Foreign Ministry of their country or the embassy in India, certifying that the home country recognises surrogacy. This is important because a lot of countries such as Norway, Italy, France and Germany do not recognise surrogacy. 

The letter which would be certified also needs to have an assurance that children or a child born from Indian surrogate would have the rights to enter the home country as a biological child. This was mainly essential because in the recent past, a lot of babies born from cross-border surrogacy were refused to be accepted as the biological child. 

Norms of Home Ministry compatible with ICMR guidelines

The norms laid down by the Home Ministry are also compatible with the guidelines of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). ICMR only recognised man-woman marriages and not gay marriages. Additionally, the ICMR had encouraged various fertility clinics to get registered. The guidelines of Home Ministry made it obligatory for the foreign nationals to undertake the treatment from registered ART clinics which are recognised by ICMR. 

What would happen with regulation of ART?

•Foreign nationals who wished to have a surrogate child should be on the medical visa. 
•Only heterosexual couples would be eligible for this visa. This couple should have been married for two years. 
•The foreign ministry of the home country or the embassy in India should certify recognizing surrogacy.
•Official assurance is required that child or the children would be allowed entering home country as the biological child of couple.
•The procedure of surrogacy should be done only at Assisted Reproductive Technology clinic which is recognised by ICMR.

Court: A Surrogate Mother and Her Husband Have No Right over Child

A Delhi court on 11 April 2013 ruled that a surrogate mother and her husband cannot have any right over a child conceived and delivered through artificial means. The court ruled that definition of term surrogacy in guidelines laid down by Indian Council of Medical Research itself recognizes that the intended parents are parents genetically related to the child and not the surrogate mother or her husband.

Additional Senior Civil Judge Sonu Agnihotri's remarks came while declaring a single woman from the UK as the biological mother of a boy delivered by an Indian woman acting as a surrogate mother. The court passed the order on a suit initiated by the UK national who, after having received the custody of the child from the surrogate mother, moved the court praying for a decree declaring her as the biological mother of baby boy to put to rest her apprehension that in future, the surrogate mother or her husband might claim custody of the boy.