India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin said India's position was and remains that matters related to the Article 370 of the Constitution are entirely an internal matter of India

The Bill ignores suggestions of ICMR and a Parliamentary panel to first regulate assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinics and retains restrictive definitions and unwarranted regulatory provisions raising serious doubts about its efficacy to achieve its objective.

Lack of privacy and data protection laws in India - in spite of years of debate and misgivings over Aadhaar biometrics and Supreme Court's order declaring privacy a fundamental right - heightens fear of further enabling a surveillance state through DNA profiling of citizens