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A bunch of 22 pregnant women seems anxiously waiting to deliver, though without any other emotion attached to the new arrivals. Staying away from their families in a residential building on Sohna Road, Gurgaon, hard cash is their only need and hope.

Hailing from various industrial zones in and around the Capital, these women are the new wombs-for-hire pool in India. A major reason why these areas have become a fertile ground for surrogacy industry is the poor social and financial status of the labour force.

Surrogate mothers get paid between Rs 2.75 lakh and Rs 3 lakh at Vansh Surrogacy Consultants, which claims to be the first surrogacy home in Gurgaon. Surrogates often receive more money than promised. If a mother conceives twins, the compensation amount increases.

Surrogacy consultants find easy availability of rent-a-womb women in the NCR's industrial hubs for servicing their clients. Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon, Loni in Ghaziabad, Wazirabad and Kapashera industrial areas and parts of Rohini are among such addresses.

"We have recently identified these industrial areas for surrogacy purposes. Ten field executives...