Lok Sabha Question No. 3665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Adoption of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3665

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018

## ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

## 3665.   SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of Women & Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  in-country  and  inter  country  adoption  of  children  by  Indian/Foreign  parents  has declined during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has received requests/representations to simplify the procedure for adoption of children in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the action taken/being taken thereon;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  recently  outlined  certain  'special  circumstances'  to  allow prospective parents to jump the queue in adoption of children in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the number of applications received and children adopted quoting such special circumstances so far across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b): State/UT-wise number of In-country and Inter-country adoptions under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) during the last three years and the current year is Annexed .
- (c) &  (d): On  the  basis  of  inputs/  suggestions  received  from  various  stakeholders  viz  Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs), Authorised Foreign Adoption Agencies (AFAAs), State Adoptions Resource Agencies (SARAs), District Child Protection Units (DCPUs), etc. and comments received after posting the draft Adoption Regulations on MWCD's website, the Adoption Regulations, 2017 has been framed by the CARA under Section 68(c) of JJ Act. The same has been notified by the Government of India under Section 2(3) of the said Act, which has come in force w.e.f. 16 th January, 2017. These Regulations have been made keeping  in  mind  the  'best  interests  of  the  child'  and  for  simplifying/streamlining  the adoption process as well as for bringing greater transparency in the adoption system.
- (e) &  (f):  Prospective  Adoptive  Parents  (PAPs)  who  have  lost  their  child/children  through known cause (sickness/accident)  and  Single  woman  over  40  years  of  age,  as  a  class,  are provided priority in accordance to Regulation 60 of Adoption Regulations 2017. Till date, applications  of  380  single  women  have  been  received.  And  as  of  now,  13  PAPs  and  18 single women have been given priority.

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## Annexure

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Rajya Sabha UnStarred Question No.3665 for 16.03.2018 raised by Dr. Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Sanjay Dhotre and Shri Rahul Shewale regarding 'Adoption of Children'

## Adoption Data (State-wise) for last three years and current year

| S.No.   | Name of           | 2014-2015   | 2014-2015      | 2015-2016   | 2015-2016      | 2016-2017   | 2016-2017      | 2017-18 (upto 09.03.2018)   | 2017-18 (upto 09.03.2018)   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of           | In- Country | Inter- Country | In- Country | Inter- Country | In-Country  | Inter- Country | In-Country                  | Inter- Country              |
| 1       | Andaman           | 10          | 0              | 0           | 0              | 0           | 0              | 0                           | 0                           |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 341         | 3              | 124         | 21             | 61          | 13             | 88                          | 19                          |
| 3       | Assam             | 77          | 4              | 71          | 12             | 57          | 6              | 68                          | 13                          |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6           | 0              | 0           | 0              | 0           | 0              | 0                           | 0                           |
| 5       | Bihar             | 59          | 2              | 85          | 13             | 134         | 26             | 112                         | 36                          |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 54          | 0              | 46          | 6              | 60          | 7              | 73                          | 14                          |
| 7       | Chandigarh        | 15          | 0              | 8           | 0              | 4           | 0              | 3                           | 1                           |
| 8       | Delhi             | 126         | 56             | 92          | 86             | 134         | 34             | 78                          | 36                          |
| 9       | Goa               | 16          | 0              | 10          | 2              | 29          | 1              | 12                          | 1                           |
| 10      | Gujarat           | 153         | 22             | 120         | 23             | 108         | 21             | 79                          | 27                          |
| 11      | Haryana           | 40          | 7              | 29          | 30             | 50          | 6              | 43                          | 8                           |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh  | 8           | 0              | 2           | 0              | 7           | 4              | 5                           | 1                           |
| 13      | Jammu and Kashmir | 0           | 0              | 0           | 0              | 0           | 1              | 0                           | 0                           |
| 14      | Jharkhand         | 119         | 15             | 63          | 10             | 114         | 15             | 100                         | 12                          |
| 15      | Karnataka         | 411         | 14             | 277         | 24             | 252         | 23             | 259                         | 26                          |
| 16      | Kerala            | 199         | 14             | 120         | 23             | 129         | 16             | 114                         | 18                          |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh    | 114         | 1              | 72          | 8              | 170         | 35             | 155                         | 29                          |
| 18      | Maharashtra       | 947         | 95             | 721         | 187            | 711         | 142            | 570                         | 151                         |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 10          | 1              | 7           | 9              | 25          | 4              | 40                          | 7                           |
| 20      | Manipur           | 8           | 0              | 6           | 3              | 12          | 8              | 4                           | 5                           |

| 21   | Meghalaya     |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    1 |   0 |
|------|---------------|------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|------|-----|
| 22   | Nagaland      |   43 |   0 |    3 |   2 |   18 |   9 |    8 |   0 |
| 23   | Odisha        |  198 |  33 |  229 |  35 |  202 |  48 |  183 |  59 |
| 24   | Pondicherry   |   27 |   6 |   21 |   9 |   16 |   5 |   18 |   3 |
| 25   | Punjab        |   53 |  26 |   40 |  34 |   61 |  24 |   57 |  28 |
| 26   | Rajasthan     |  181 |   4 |  102 |   7 |  142 |   8 |  113 |  18 |
| 27   | Sikkim        |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   0 |   12 |   0 |
| 28   | Meghalaya     |   11 |   0 |    9 |   5 |    9 |   1 |    6 |   2 |
| 29   | Tripura       |   29 |   0 |   13 |   0 |   22 |   4 |   25 |   4 |
| 30   | Tamilnadu     |  228 |  24 |  200 |  45 |  196 |  23 |  173 |  30 |
| 31   | Telangana     |    0 |  15 |  239 |  23 |  149 |  42 |  125 |  37 |
| 32   | Uttrakhand    |   12 |   1 |   10 |   0 |    9 |   6 |    8 |   3 |
| 33   | Uttar Pradesh |  193 |   4 |  124 |  12 |  126 |  26 |  141 |  43 |
| 34   | West Bengal   |  300 |  27 |  168 |  37 |  203 |  20 |  147 |  29 |
| ---  | Total         | 3988 | 374 | 3011 | 666 | 3210 | 578 | 2820 | 660 |