Lok Sabha Question No. 1225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Adoption of Abandoned Kids
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1225

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## ADOPTION OF ABANDONED KIDS

## 1225.  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of abandoned children are girls and only a few among them are adopted every year, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the abandoned children living in Government and Non-Government shelter homes, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  corruption  and  apathy  has  adversely  affected  the  adoption  process  in  the country and has reduced it to a commercial transaction;
- (d) whether  Central  Adoption  Resource  Agency  (CARA)  has  failed  to  regulate  placement agencies, avoid delays and duplication of adoption process; and
- (e) the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a):      At present, adoption of children is done under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956. As per the  Child  Adoption  Resource  Information  and  Guidance  System  (CARINGS),  an  Online Portal,  Gender-Wise  details  of  children  placed  in  Adoption  during  last  three  years  and current year (upto 24.06.2019) are as under:

| Year                        |   Male |   Female |
|-----------------------------|--------|----------|
| 2016-2017                   |   1443 |     2345 |
| 2017-2018                   |   1531 |     2396 |
| 2018-2019                   |   1629 |     2398 |
| 2019-2020 (Upto 24.06.2019) |    289 |      455 |

The data shows that the number of female children placed in Adoptions under the Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  have  been  more  as compared to the male children. A large number of domestic adoptions also happen under the  Hindu  Adoptions  and  Maintenance  Act  (HAMA),  1956;  however  the  corresponding data on adoption is not available with the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

- (b): As per details available in CARINGS, a total of 6971 Orphaned/ Abandoned/ Surrendered Children  are  living  in  488  Specialised  Adoption  Agencies  (Government  and  NonGovernment). Further, a total of 1706 Children are residing in the Child Care Institutions (CCIs)  linked  with  the  SAAs  in  CARINGS.  The  State-wise  details  of  children  in  the Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) and Child Care Institutions (CCIs) are placed at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively .
- (c):      No  Sir.  All  adoptions  under  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act, 2015 and Adoption Regulations, 2017 are being regulated by State Adoption Resource Agency  (In-country  Adoptions)  and  Central  Adoption  Resource  Authority  (Inter-country Adoptions).
- (d) & (e):  The entire adoption procedure has been made on-line through the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guideline System which has made the system fully transparent and  accessible.  The  Specialised  Adoption  Agencies  (SAAs)  who  are  found  to  be  not complying with the Adoption Regulations, 2017 are being issued show cause notices as per Regulation 25 (3) of Adoption Regulations, 2017 after which they are either fined or their  recognition  is  suspended/  revoked,  as  per  the  provision  of  Section  65(4)  of  the  JJ Act, 2015 and Regulation 25 of the Adoption Regulations, 2017, if they are found to be violating the provisions of the Act and/or the Regulations. Further, the Government also undertakes awareness initiatives for this purpose.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1225  FOR  28.06.2019  ASKED  BY  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR  AND  SHRI  KHAGEN  MURMU REGARDING ADOPTION OF ABANDONED KIDS.

## STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE IN SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES (AS ON 24.06.2019)

| S.No.   | State                  |   No. of SAAs |   Male |   Female |   Total |
|---------|------------------------|---------------|--------|----------|---------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar    |             2 |     11 |       14 |      25 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh         |            14 |    242 |      354 |     596 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh      |             2 |      2 |        4 |       6 |
| 3       | Assam                  |            24 |     92 |       96 |     188 |
| 4       | Bihar                  |            29 |    100 |      155 |     255 |
| 5       | Chandigarh             |             1 |     20 |       24 |      44 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh           |            13 |     96 |      134 |     230 |
| 7       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |             1 |      0 |        1 |       1 |
| 8       | Delhi                  |            12 |    145 |      191 |     336 |
| 9       | Goa                    |             2 |     13 |       11 |      24 |
| 10      | Gujarat                |            18 |     44 |       68 |     112 |
| 11      | Haryana                |             8 |     73 |       89 |     162 |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh       |             1 |      8 |        4 |      12 |
| 13      | Jharkhand              |            15 |    169 |      177 |     346 |
| 14      | Karnataka              |            33 |    165 |      213 |     378 |
| 15      | Kerala                 |            19 |     41 |       48 |      89 |
| 16      | Madhya Pradesh         |            33 |    233 |      363 |     596 |
| 17      | Maharashtra            |            63 |    449 |      526 |     975 |
| 18      | Manipur                |             8 |     31 |       26 |      57 |
| 19      | Meghalaya              |             6 |     10 |        4 |      14 |
| 20      | Mizoram                |             7 |     10 |        9 |      19 |
| 21      | Nagaland               |             4 |      3 |        2 |       5 |
| 22      | Orissa                 |            28 |    218 |      236 |     454 |
| 23      | Pondicherry            |             4 |      7 |        9 |      16 |
| 24      | Punjab                 |            10 |    113 |      202 |     315 |
| 25      | Rajasthan              |            35 |     73 |       86 |     159 |
| 26      | Sikkim                 |             4 |      4 |        2 |       6 |
| 27      | Tamil Nadu             |            20 |    110 |      151 |     261 |
| 28      | Telangana              |            11 |    152 |      276 |     428 |
| 29      | Tripura                |             9 |     20 |       40 |      60 |
| 30      | Uttar Pradesh          |            18 |    167 |      243 |     410 |
| 31      | UTTARAKHAND            |             8 |      5 |        9 |      14 |
| 31      | West Bengal            |            26 |    155 |      223 |     378 |
| ---     | Total                  |           488 |   2981 |     3990 |    6971 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1225  FOR  28.06.2019  ASKED  BY  DR.  SUKANTA  MAJUMDAR  AND  SHRI  KHAGEN  MURMU REGARDING ADOPTION OF ABANDONED KIDS

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE IN THE CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS (CCIs) (AS ON 19.06.2019)

| S.No.   | State             |   No. of CCIs Linked on CARING |   Male |   Female |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------|----------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            842 |    133 |      209 |     342 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                              9 |      0 |        1 |       1 |
| 3       | Assam             |                            105 |     49 |       50 |      99 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                             58 |     30 |       11 |      41 |
| 5       | Chandigarh        |                              4 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |                             61 |     34 |       53 |      87 |
| 7       | Delhi             |                             87 |     17 |       61 |      78 |
| 8       | Goa               |                             13 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 9       | Gujarat           |                             92 |     10 |       21 |      31 |
| 10      | Haryana           |                             72 |     52 |       50 |     102 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  |                             38 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |                             82 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |                            781 |     26 |       49 |      75 |
| 14      | Kerala            |                            485 |      4 |        1 |       5 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |                             62 |    111 |      212 |     323 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |                            454 |     23 |       30 |      53 |
| 17      | Manipur           |                             41 |      0 |        1 |       1 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |                             77 |      5 |        3 |       8 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |                             37 |      5 |        3 |       8 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |                             56 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 21      | Orissa            |                            277 |    103 |      106 |     209 |
| 22      | Pondicherry       |                              6 |      3 |        2 |       5 |
| 23      | Punjab            |                             65 |      8 |       36 |      44 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |                             32 |      1 |        3 |       4 |
| 25      | Sikkim            |                             14 |      0 |        0 |       0 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        |                            255 |     13 |       30 |      43 |
| 27      | Telangana         |                            234 |      5 |       16 |      21 |
| 28      | Tripura           |                             16 |      1 |        5 |       6 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |                             34 |     13 |       48 |      61 |
| 30      | UTTARAKHAND       |                              8 |      0 |        2 |       2 |
| 31      | West Bengal       |                             65 |     17 |       40 |      57 |
|         | Total             |                           4462 |    663 |     1043 |    1706 |

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