Submitted by CARPE DIEM

Mumbai, India — India’s lucrative outsourcing sector is not limited to back office jobs. It is now emerging as a major supplier of “back bedroom jobs” as an infant outsourcing hub as well.

Reproduction is the newest addition to the Asian tiger’s outsourcing industry. Couples from the United States and Europe are asking Indian women to serve as surrogate mothers (pictured above), leading to a boom in the number of clinics offering the procedure.

Commercial surrogacy is prohibited in a number of European nations and is subject to strict regulations in the U.S., but has been legal in India since 2002. The cost of $25,000, which covers the medical procedure, plane tickets and accommodation for two, is just one-third of what it would cost in the United States. The double fare and hotel bills covers both fertilization procedures and taking back the baby.

See a previous CD post on this topic here.
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