The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is considering the request to cover infertility as a disease under health insurance. The matter came to the fore after a PIL was raised in the Punjab and Haryana Court and the Centre wrote a letter to IRDAI and four other public sector insurance companies, including Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), to consider the request. The decision is expected shortly.
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According to the filed petition, infertility is growing at an alarming pace. In India, 13% of the married women in the age group of 15-49 years were childless in 1981 and this figure increased to 16% in 2001.