'Commercial surrogacy worth over $1 bn in India'
According to the Guardian, commercial surrogacy in India is estimated to be worth over $1 billion. The Guardian found that surrogates are paid around $6,500 to rent their wombs  and that "residential colonies" are sometimes built to house surrogates during pregnancy to avoid stigma. Notably, the Indian government directed fertility clinics to stop surrogacy for foreigners in October last year.