Concerned over decline in child sex ratio, the National Advisory Council, NAC has come out with a blueprint for a new national policy to tackle the issue. It includes tougher laws to prevent misuse of medical technology for sex selection. The NAC, chaired by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, identified prenatal sex selection as the biggest reason for the decline in child sex ratio and sought strengthening of the current legal regime to prevent misuse of medical technology for sex selection. The panel wanted the Government to develop a legislative framework for the future with a focus on strengthening and effective implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (prohibition of sex selection) Act. It also wanted the Government to consider the implications from the perspective of sex selection, of new legislation such as the Draft Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill, 2010.