Lok Sabha Question No. 1102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-08
Subject: Specialised Adoption Agencies
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2019

## SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES

## 1102 DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  the  Specialised  Adoption  Agencies  (SAAs)  established  under  the Juvenile Justice Act in the country since 2014 year-wise, State-wise;
- (b) the total number of children enrolled and given in adoption under the SAAs since 2014, year and State/UT-wise;
- (c) the number of children who have died in SAAs since 2014, year and State-wise;
- (d) the number of children whose records are not available with the SAAs, year and Statewise; and
- (e) whether the Ministry or Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) has inspected all the SAAs which have a complaint against them and if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  was  enacted  by repealing Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. A total number of 412 Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) were registered as on 2014, and since then a total of 85 SAAs have been shut down and 157 more SAAs have been established. Further, as on 6.02.2019,  484 SAAs authorised under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) have been registered on the Child Adoption Resource Information  and  Guidance  System  (CARINGS),  an  Online  Portal  of  Central Adoption  Resource  Authority  (CARA).  As  per  CARINGS,  the  State-wise  details  of number of SAAs, is at Annexure-I .
- (b) So far, 26,464 children have been enrolled through registration in CARINGS during the period from 01.04.2014 to 31.01.2019. As per the CARINGS, the State/UT-wise details of children registered, is at Annexure-II .  State/UT-wise number of In-country and Intercountry  adoptions  under  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act during the period from 01.04.2014 to 31.12.2018 is at Annexure-III.
- (c)      As per CARINGS, a total number of 1,265 children have been reported to have died in the  SAAs  during  the  period  from  01.04.2014  to  31.01.2019.  As  per  CARINGS,  the State/UT-wise and year wise details of the children deceased in the SAAs, is placed at Annexure-IV .
- (d) Under Regulation 29 of Adoption Regulations, 2017 SAAs are mandated to develop and maintain records of children with them as well as upload the details of such children over CARINGS.  Further,  the responsibility for oversight of proper discharge of their responsibilities by the SAAs is vested in the Child Welfare Committees and District Child Protection  Units  (DCPUs),  as  per  Regulations  34  (8)  of  Adoption  Regulations,  2017, under  the  overall  supervision  of the District Magistrates/District  Collectors,  State Adoption Resource Agency and State Government, as per Regulation 33 of Adoption Regulations, 2017
- (e) During  the  year  2018-2019  (upto  January,  2019),  27  adoption  agencies  have  been inspected by CARA  and  by  the  officials of the Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development, for monitoring their functioning, apart from the regular inspections at the State level as mandated under JJ Act, Juvenile Justice(Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules, 2016 and Adoption Regulations, 2017.

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## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102 REGARDING 'SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES' FOR 08.02.2019 RAISED BY DR. SHASHI THAROOR

## State/UT-wise No. of Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs)

(as on 06/02/2019)

| S.No.   | State             |   No. of SAAs |
|---------|-------------------|---------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |            14 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |             2 |
| 3       | Assam             |            24 |
| 4       | Bihar             |            30 |
| 5       | Chandigarh        |             1 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |            13 |
| 7       | Delhi             |            12 |
| 8       | Goa               |             2 |
| 9       | Gujarat           |            18 |
| 10      | Haryana           |             8 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh  |             1 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |            15 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |            33 |
| 14      | Kerala            |            19 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |            33 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |            63 |
| 17      | Manipur           |             8 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |             6 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |             7 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |             4 |
| 21      | Orissa            |            28 |
| 22      | Pondicherry       |             4 |
| 23      | Punjab            |             9 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |            35 |
| 25      | Sikkim            |             4 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        |            20 |
| 27      | Telangana         |            11 |
| 28      | Tripura           |             9 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |            18 |
| 30      | Uttrakhand        |             8 |
| 31      | West Bengal       |            25 |
| ---     | Total             |           484 |

## ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102 REGARDING 'SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES' FOR 08.02.2019 RAISED BY DR. SHASHI THAROOR

## State/UT-wise No. of children registered in CARINGS during the period from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 (upto 31/01/2019)

| S.No.   | State                      | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |   2016-17 | 2017- 18   | 2018-19   |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Island | 0         | 3         |         0 | 0          | 0         |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh             | 180       | 124       |       110 | 114        | 147       |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 2         | 1         |         5 | 2          | 1         |
| 4       | Assam                      | 132       | 103       |       172 | 324        | 148       |
| 5       | Bihar                      | 175       | 209       |       262 | 333        | 274       |
| 6       | Chandigarh                 | 16        | 6         |        10 | 12         | 33        |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh               | 98        | 117       |       142 | 230        | 193       |
| 8       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli     | 0         | 0         |         0 | 0          | 0         |
| 9       | Daman and Diu              | 0         | 0         |         0 | 0          | 0         |
| 10      | Delhi                      | 245       | 262       |       260 | 265        | 215       |
| 11      | Goa                        | 11        | 24        |        21 | 17         | 12        |
| 12      | Gujarat                    | 181       | 153       |       129 | 155        | 126       |
| 13      | Haryana                    | 49        | 49        |        53 | 66         | 117       |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh           | 11        | 8         |        11 | 12         | 17        |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir          | 0         | 0         |         0 | 0          | 0         |
| 16      | Jharkhand                  | 121       | 146       |       159 | 233        | 203       |
| 17      | Karnataka                  | 363       | 344       |       423 | 407        | 294       |
| 18      | Kerala                     | 191       | 140       |       160 | 151        | 105       |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                | 0         | 0         |         0 | 0          | 0         |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh             | 315       | 381       |       391 | 401        | 362       |
| 21      | Maharashtra                | 1195      | 1019      |       992 | 1040       | 741       |
| 22      | Manipur                    | 14        | 14        |        31 | 23         | 24        |
| 23      | Meghalaya                  | 9         | 11        |        14 | 11         | 9         |
| 24      | Mizoram                    | 26        | 23        |        32 | 35         | 16        |
| 25      | Nagaland                   | 10        | 14        |        13 | 8          | 7         |
| 26      | Orissa                     | 298       | 247       |       521 | 359        | 259       |
| 27      | Pondicherry                | 36        | 29        |        19 | 35         | 3         |
| 28      | Punjab                     | 106       | 102       |        91 | 76         | 250       |
| 29      | Rajasthan                  | 153       | 72        |       149 | 146        | 148       |
| 30      | Sikkim                     | 0         | 5         |        13 | 22         | 17        |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                 | 315       | 230       |       263 | 284        | 210       |
| 32      | Telangana                  | 341       | 371       |       248 | 334        | 202       |
| 33      | Tripura                    | 23        | 15        |        63 | 42         | 39        |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh              | 358       | 259       |       306 | 456        | 393       |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                | 12        | 10        |        22 | 17         | 19        |
| 36      | West Bengal                | 455       | 377       |       363 | 277        | 236       |
| ---     | Total                      | 5441      | 4868      |      5448 | 5887       | 4820      |
| ---     | Grand Total                |           |           |     26464 |            |           |

## ANNEXURE-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102 REGARDING 'SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES' FOR 08.02.2019 RAISED BY DR. SHASHI THAROOR

## Adoption Data (State-wise) for the period from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 (upto end December, 2018) as per CARINGS

| S.No.   | Name of           | 2014-2015   | 2014-2015     | 2015-2016   | 2015-2016     | 2016-2017   | 2016-2017     | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018     | 2018-19 (upto Dec, 2018)   | 2018-19 (upto Dec, 2018)   |
|---------|-------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S.No.   | Name of           | In-Country  | Inter-Country | 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             | 0                          | 0                          |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 341         | 3             | 124         | 21            | 61          | 13            | 102         | 20            | 57                         | 12                         |
| 3       | Assam             | 77          | 4             | 71          | 12            | 57          | 6             | 77          | 15            | 77                         | 3                          |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh | 6           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 3                          | 0                          |
| 5       | Bihar             | 59          | 2             | 85          | 13            | 134         | 26            | 132         | 35            | 70                         | 18                         |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      | 54          | 0             | 46          | 6             | 60          | 7             | 91          | 17            | 49                         | 12                         |
| 7       | Chandigarh        | 15          | 0             | 8           | 0             | 4           | 0             | 6           | 1             | 11                         | 0                          |
| 8       | Delhi             | 126         | 56            | 92          | 86            | 134         | 34            | 88          | 33            | 83                         | 20                         |
| 9       | Goa               | 16          | 0             | 10          | 2             | 29          | 1             | 13          | 1             | 15                         | 1                          |
| 10      | Gujarat           | 153         | 22            | 120         | 23            | 108         | 21            | 95          | 22            | 97                         | 14                         |
| 11      | Haryana           | 40          | 7             | 29          | 30            | 50          | 6             | 45          | 8             | 36                         | 8                          |
| 12      | Himachal Pradesh  | 8           | 0             | 2           | 0             | 7           | 4             | 7           | 0             | 7                          | 0                          |
| 13      | Jammu and Kashmir | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 0           | 1             | 0           | 1             | 0                          | 0                          |
| 14      | Jharkhand         | 119         | 15            | 63          | 10            | 114         | 15            | 111         | 12            | 60                         | 7                          |
| 15      | Karnataka         | 411         | 14            | 277         | 24            | 252         | 23            | 294         | 26            | 154                        | 29                         |
| 16      | Kerala            | 199         | 14            | 120         | 23            | 129         | 16            | 136         | 15            | 78                         | 9                          |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh    | 114         | 1             | 72          | 8             | 170         | 35            | 177         | 31            | 135                        | 25                         |
| 18      | Maharashtra       | 947         | 95            | 721         | 187           | 711         | 142           | 667         | 147           | 463                        | 109                        |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 10          | 1             | 7           | 9             | 25          | 4             | 49          | 9             | 16                         | 4                          |
| 20      | Manipur           | 8           | 0             | 6           | 3             | 12          | 8             | 4           | 5             | 4                          | 0                          |
| 21      | Meghalaya         | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 9           | 2             | 10                         | 1                          |
| 22      | Nagaland          | 43          | 0             | 3           | 2             | 18          | 9             | 9           | 57            | 9                          | 0                          |
| 23      | Odisha            | 198         | 33            | 229         | 35            | 202         | 48            | 207         | 2             | 144                        | 19                         |
| 24      | Pondicherry       | 27          | 6             | 21          | 9             | 16          | 5             | 23          | 27            | 7                          | 2                          |
| 25      | Punjab            | 53          | 26            | 40          | 34            | 61          | 24            | 62          | 12            | 40                         | 9                          |
| 26      | Rajasthan         | 181         | 4             | 102         | 7             | 142         | 8             | 126         | 0             | 78                         | 11                         |
| 27      | Sikkim            | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 0           | 0             | 17          | 0             | 11                         | 0                          |
| 28      | Meghalaya         | 11          | 0             | 9           | 5             | 9           | 1             | 0           | 0             | 0                          | 0                          |
| 29      | Tripura           | 29          | 0             | 13          | 0             | 22          | 4             | 27          | 4             | 9                          | 0                          |
| 30      | Tamilnadu         | 228         | 24            | 200         | 45            | 196         | 23            | 203         | 30            | 131                        | 11                         |
| 31      | Telangana         | 0           | 15            | 239         | 23            | 149         | 42            | 141         | 45            | 106                        | 45                         |
| 32      | Uttrakhand        | 12          | 1             | 10          | 0             | 9           | 6             | 10          | 3             | 15                         | 2                          |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh     | 193         | 4             | 124         | 12            | 126         | 26            | 180         | 40            | 93                         | 29                         |
| 34      | West Bengal       | 300         | 27            | 168         | 37            | 203         | 20            | 168         | 31            | 84                         | 15                         |
| ---     | Total             | 3988        | 374           | 3011        | 666           | 3210        | 578           | 3276        | 651           | 2152                       | 415                        |

## ANNEXURE-IV ANNEXURE-IV REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1102 REGARDING 'SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES' FOR 08.02.2019 RAISED BY DR. SHASHI THAROOR

## State/UT-wise details of children deceased in SAAs

## during the period from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019 (upto 31/01/2019)

| S.No.   | State                      |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (upto Jan, 2019) |
|---------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Island |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh             |        14 |         8 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 4       | Assam                      |         6 |         2 |         5 |         6 |                          2 |
| 5       | Bihar                      |        20 |        20 |        48 |        27 |                         19 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh               |         3 |         2 |         8 |         7 |                          6 |
| 8       | Dadar and Nagar Haveli     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 9       | Daman and Diu              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 10      | Delhi                      |         5 |         7 |         4 |         6 |                          2 |
| 11      | Goa                        |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 12      | Gujarat                    |        14 |         8 |        12 |        12 |                          5 |
| 13      | Haryana                    |         2 |         2 |         1 |         1 |                          1 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh           |         0 |         0 |         3 |         0 |                          0 |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir          |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                  |         9 |         7 |         9 |        28 |                         11 |
| 17      | Karnataka                  |        13 |        15 |        15 |        24 |                         14 |
| 18      | Kerala                     |         5 |         7 |         5 |         7 |                          0 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh             |         8 |         7 |         9 |        13 |                          3 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                |        45 |        46 |        38 |        31 |                         12 |
| 22      | Manipur                    |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |                          1 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 24      | Mizoram                    |         1 |         1 |         0 |         1 |                          1 |
| 25      | Nagaland                   |         0 |         1 |         0 |         0 |                          1 |
| 26      | Orissa                     |        14 |        11 |        11 |        20 |                          3 |
| 27      | Pondicherry                |         3 |         0 |         2 |         0 |                          0 |
| 28      | Punjab                     |         7 |         5 |         4 |         3 |                          6 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                  |        20 |        25 |        18 |        20 |                         10 |
| 30      | Sikkim                     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          1 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                 |        22 |        27 |        14 |        11 |                         11 |
| 32      | Telangana                  |        16 |        33 |        17 |        11 |                          2 |
| 33      | Tripura                    |         3 |         0 |         0 |         2 |                          0 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh              |        30 |        27 |        34 |        56 |                         23 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand                |         0 |         0 |         2 |         1 |                          0 |
| 36      | West Bengal                |        17 |        18 |        16 |         5 |                          6 |
| ---     | Total                      |       277 |       280 |       276 |       292 |                        140 |