The central government is set to inform the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it will soon ban commercial surrogacy in India. As a result, couples from foreign countries will not be allowed to have children through surrogate mothers in India. Surrogacy will still be available as an option to childless Indian couples, reported the Times of India.

The decision comes a fortnight after the Supreme Court had expressed serious concern over India becoming a major destination for surrogacy tourism. The apex court had suggested a ban on commercial surrogacy and also directed the central government to re-examine the policy to allow import of human embryos.

After a high-level meeting, the Narendra Modi government has instructed solicitor general Ranjit Kumar to inform the Supreme Court that India will no longer be the “surrogacy capital of the world”, the report said. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has also decided to withdraw its 2013 notification allowing the free import of human embryos to India for artificial reproduction, the report added.