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This article intends to deal with the concept of Surrogacy in India, with an emphasis on what is faced by the surrogate mother, detailed data about the emotional and statistical impact of Surrogacy on women in India and how Surrogacy has turned into a market, with commercialization turning it into a business. In India before globalization, marriage and the consequential family system were held as sacred, and Surrogacy used to be a taboo. However, globalization and inflation led to increased unemployment, which caused more women to seek jobs in public sectors. Unfortunately, their illiteracy and lack of vocational skills forced them to resort to lending wombs for pregnancy. The gestation period allows them to exert power in the male-dominated world where women are marginalized for their gender. The article also analyses the relationship between the surrogate mother and her client, the expecting parents, and how its nuances have transformed due to the socio-cultural changes in society. Since the child is taken away from the rearing mother to the legal one after the lactation period is over, the question arises as to whether she gets the necessary nurturance required to develop her personality in the formative years. Ultimately, the onus shifts to the mindset of the parties involved: are they willing to bring up a surrogate child and make up for the lack of prenatal and postnatal care with love and affection or will they remain detached from a child who is not fully the couple's flesh and blood?