Lok Sabha Question No. 546 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Pending Cases of Adoption
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 546

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2016

## PENDING CASES OF ADOPTION

546 :   PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA: DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL:

DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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

- (a) whether  a  number  of  cases  related  to  legally  freeing  of  the  children  for  their adoption are pending with the Child Welfare Committees in the country including the States of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jharkhand;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government for quick disposal of the pending cases?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  Central  adoption  Resource  Authority (CARA)  ,the  State/  UT-wise  details  of  cases  related  to  legally  freeing  of  the children for their adoption which are pending with the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs)  in  the  Country  including  the  States  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  Gujarat  and Jharkhand are as annexed.
- (c): In  order  to  facilitate  quick  disposal  of  the  pending  cases  the  Ministry  has  been requesting  the  States/UTs  from  time  to  time  to  review  the  pendencies  and  also ensure that the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) are constituted and to fill up the vacancies  in  the  CWCs  wherever  existing.  In  addition  the  details  are  being monitored online regularly by CARA.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.546 for 18.11.2016 raised by Prof. Chintamani Malviya, Dr. Bharatiben D. Shyal and Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray regarding 'Pending Cases of Adoption'.

The State/UT-wise details of cases related to legally freeing of the children for their adoption which are pending with the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) in the Country including the States of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jharkhand as on 11/11/2016.

| S. No.   | State/UT         |   4-6 Months |   6-12 Months |   Beyond 1 Year |   Total |
|----------|------------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|---------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |            8 |             0 |               4 |      12 |
| 2.       | Assam            |            0 |             1 |               0 |       1 |
| 3.       | Bihar            |           10 |            12 |               5 |      27 |
| 4.       | Chhattisgarh     |            0 |             0 |               1 |       1 |
| 5.       | Delhi            |           10 |             5 |               7 |      22 |
| 6.       | Goa              |            0 |             1 |               1 |       2 |
| 7.       | Gujarat          |            8 |             9 |              12 |      29 |
| 8.       | Haryana          |            1 |             2 |               4 |       7 |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh |            0 |             1 |               3 |       4 |
| 10.      | Jharkhand        |            6 |             2 |               0 |       8 |
| 11.      | Karnataka        |            4 |             4 |               8 |      16 |
| 12.      | Kerala           |            7 |             9 |               6 |      22 |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh   |           16 |            14 |              17 |      47 |
| 14.      | Maharashtra      |           70 |            83 |              87 |     240 |
| 15.      | Manipur          |            0 |             0 |               1 |       1 |
| 16.      | Odisha           |            0 |             2 |               3 |       5 |
| 17.      | Puducherry       |            1 |             0 |               0 |       1 |
| 18.      | Punjab           |            2 |             6 |               2 |      10 |
| 19.      | Rajasthan        |            6 |             1 |               0 |       7 |
| 20.      | Sikkim           |            0 |             0 |               1 |       1 |
| 21.      | Tamil Nadu       |            8 |            12 |              34 |      54 |
| 22.      | Telangana        |            2 |             2 |               8 |      12 |
| 23.      | Tripura          |            0 |             3 |               9 |      12 |
| 24.      | Uttar Pradesh    |            6 |            24 |              51 |      81 |
| 25.      | Uttarakhand      |            0 |             1 |               0 |       1 |
| 26.      | West Bengal      |           14 |            45 |              50 |     109 |
|          | Total            |          179 |           239 |             314 |     732 |