Is conversion therapy banned in India?
Partial ban
India prohibits medical professionals from practicing conversion therapy following a 2022 National Medical Commission directive.
India is one of 17 countries classified “Partial ban” for conversion therapy — 7% of the 235 with data.
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Nepal
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Bangladesh
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Bhutan
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Myanmar
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Pakistan
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Sri Lanka
- No ban Sri Lanka has no ban on conversion therapy, as the proposed bill was not enacted.
Other laws in India
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Apostasy Laws
- Legal
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
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