Jharkhand BJP MLA Jaiprakash Singh Bhokta brought up an incident where 40 women underwent sterilisation in the Chatra district under torchlight, in the state assembly.

The focus has once again returned to family planning measures which are being carried out in unhygienic and questionable circumstances, especially in rural India.

Recently, in November 2014, 11 women died and many left in great pain after a botched sterilisation camp in Chhattisgarh. Everyone from the doctor, to the instruments, to the drugs used, were blamed and a lot of statements were issued.

Yet it is appalling to see that no lesson has been learnt and mass sterilisation camps continue to occur under deplorable circumstances.

Experts agree that male sterilisation, or nasbandhi as it is known, is actually cheaper and much more safe than female sterilisation. But the general notion is that it would affect the man's virility and make him "less of a man".