I think the main reason you're seeing this happen is that surrogacy fees come to about $12,000 in India vs. $70,000 in the U.S. I wonder, though, about the laws around protecting the women who serve as surrogates, as well as how this is affecting the already relatively low focus on adoption in the country...

Quoted: The Akanksha clinic is at the forefront of India's booming reproductive tourism— foreigners coming for treatments such as in vitro fertilization. But the clinic's main draw is its success using local women to have foreigners' babies.

Not the wisest move in a country with the highest number of AIDS patients in the world. Other Indian states have passed similar bans. This is just one more reason why Mumbai has the higest rate of AIDS infection in India (5 times that of Kolkata).

Quoted: The Indian state of Maharashtra bans sex education in schools, after legislators say the move will corrupt young minds.