Baby hunt takes Indians to foreign shores: How couples are spending crores to have a boy

From Dubai to Colombia, Indian couples are spending crores on overseas IVF and surrogacy packages for 'family balancing procedures' that promise a male child.

At a time when India’s sex ratio at birth remains alarmingly skewed at 929 girls for every 1,000 boys, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21), the persistent preference for a male child is driving some couples to seek options abroad to work their way around the ban on sex determination back home. Their overriding objective — ensuring their next child is a boy.