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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-03122025-268172
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2025/AGRAHAYANA 6, 1947
MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health Research)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 27th November, 2025
G.S.R. 872(E).βIn exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 50 of the Surrogacy
(Regulation) Act, 2021 (47 of 2021), the draft of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2025, which the
Central Government hereby proposes to make, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section, is hereby
published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft
shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this
notification as published in the Official Gazette are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, to these draft rules may be sent to the Deputy Secretary (ART/Surrogacy),
Department of Health Research, Room No. 225, 2nd Floor, Indian Red Cross Building, Red Cross Road, New Delhi -
110001, or by email at support-artsurrogacy@gov.in within the period specified above;
The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person in respect of the said draft rules,
within the period specified will be considered by the Central Government.
Draft Rules
1. (1) These rules may be called the Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, after Rule 10, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:
10A. Mode of payment of registration fee and its utilisation.-
The fee for registration of Surrogacy clinic shall be deposited in a bank account opened in the name of the
official designation of the appropriate authority concerned and shall be utilised by the appropriate authority in
connection with the activities connected with implementation of the provisions of the Act and rules made thereunder.
3. In the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, after Rule 11, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:
11A. Manner of Renewal of Certificate of Registration and Fee for Renewal of Registration of Clinic under Sub-
Section (3) of Section 12.-
(1) An application for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be made by the Surrogacy Clinics in
Form-3 to the Appropriate Authority through the National Registry Portal at least sixty days before the date of expiry
of such certificate of registration.
(2) Every application for renewal of registration under sub-rule (1) shall be accompanied with a non-
refundable fee of One lakh rupees for Surrogacy Clinics.
(3) Where an application for renewal of any Surrogacy clinic is not received within a period of sixty days
before the date of expiry of its certificate of registration, application fee of two lakh rupees as applicable in case of
initial registration shall be required to be paid:
Provided that establishments in the Government-run institutes need not pay any fee for the renewal of
certificate of registration.
(4) After submission of the online application for renewal of certificate of registration on the National
Registry Portal, a PDF printout of the filled-in application form, duly signed by the authorized signatory on behalf of
the clinic, shall be submitted to the appropriate authority of the respective State Government or Union territory
Administration and the application for renewal shall be considered only from the date the prescribed fee, along with
the PDF copy of the application, is received by the appropriate authority.
(5) The fee for renewal of certificate of registration shall be deposited in a bank account opened in the name
of the official designation of the appropriate authority concerned and shall be utilized by the appropriate authority in
connection with the activities connected with implementation of the provisions of the Act and rules made there under.
(6) On receipt of the application for renewal of certificate of registration, the appropriate authority shall
within a period of sixty days,-
(a) after inspection and after satisfying itself that the applicant has complied with all the requirements
prescribed under the Act and rules made thereunder, renew the certificate of registration of the clinic as specified in
Form 4, subject to the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder; or
(b) reject such application for reasons to be recorded in writing, if that application does not conform to the
provisions of the Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder:
Provided that no application for renewal of registration shall be rejected without giving an opportunity of
being heard to the applicant.
(7) If an application for renewal of registration of any surrogacy clinic is rejected by the appropriate
authority, no fee shall be required to be paid on re-submission of the renewal application by the applicant for the same
clinic, if it complies with the provisions of the Act, or the rules or regulations made thereunder, as the case may be.
(8) The intimation with regard to renewal of certificate of registration or rejection of application for such
renewal shall be made to the State Board.
(9) The renewed certificate of registration shall be displayed by the Surrogacy clinic at a conspicuous place
at its place of business.
(10) The renewal of certificate of registration shall be valid for a further period of three years from the date
of expiry of the certificate of registration earlier granted.
[F.No. U. 11019/15/2022-HR]
RICHA KHODA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules i.e. Surrogacy(Regulation) Rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part
II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 460 (E), dated the 21st June, 2022 and subsequently amended vide
numbers G.S.R. 772 (E), dated the 10th October, 2022, G.S.R. 179 (E), dated the 14th March, 2023, G.S.R. 415 (Ξ),
dated the 8th June, 2023, G.S.R. 494 (E), dated the 11th July, 2023 and G.S.R. 119 (E), dated the 21st February, 2024.
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