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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-18062026-273565
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 440]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026/JYAISTHA 27, 1948
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health Research)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th June, 2026
G.S.R.491(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 42 of the Assisted Reproductive
Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 (42 of 2021), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules
further to amend the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Amendment
Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022,-
(a) after rule 7, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"7A. Mode of payment of registration fee and its utilisation.-The fee for registration of assisted reproductive
technology clinic or bank 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.";
(b) after rule 8, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"8A. The conditions, form and fee for application of renewal of certificate of registration of clinic or bank
under section 17.-(1) An application for renewal of a certificate of registration shall be made by the assisted
reproductive technology clinics in Form 1 and by the Assisted reproductive technology banks in Form-2 to
the appropriate authority through the National Registry portal, 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 -
(i) twenty-five thousand rupees for Level 1 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(ii) one lakh rupees for Level 2 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(iii) twenty-five thousand rupees for assisted reproductive technology bank.
(3) Where an application for renewal of registration of any assisted reproductive technology clinic or assisted
reproductive technology bank is not received within a period of sixty days before the date of expiry of its
certificate of registration, the following application fees as applicable in case of initial registration shall be
required to be paid namely:-
(i) fifty thousand rupees for Level 1 assisted reproductive technology clinic;
(ii) two lakh rupees for Level 2 assisted reproductive technology clinic; and
(iii) fifty thousand rupees for assisted reproductive technology bank:
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 authorised signatory on
behalf of the clinic or bank, 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 utilised by the appropriate
authority in connection with the activities connected with implementation of the provisions of the Act and
rules made thereunder.
(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 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 or bank as specified
in Form 3, 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 assisted reproductive technology clinic or bank 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 or bank, 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 assisted reproductive technology clinic
or bank at a conspicuous place at its place of business.
(10) The renewal of certificate of registration shall be valid for a further period of five years from the date
of expiry of the certificate of registration earlier granted.".
[F. No. U.11019/14/2022-HR]
RICHA KHODA, Jt. Secy.
Note: The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Rules, 2022 were published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 419(E), dated the
7th June, 2022 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 771(E), dated the 10th October,
2022, G.S.R. 126(E), dated the 24th February, 2023 and G.S.R. 493 (E), dated the 11th July, 2023.
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