Lok Sabha Question No. 1957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: In-country Adoptions
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1957

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## IN-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS

## 1957.  SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the number of children placed for in-country adoptions from 2010 till date yearwise, age-wise and gender-wise;
- (b) the number of infants below the age of three months adopted during the said period; and
- (c) the time period that is taken for declaring a child 'legally free' for adoption?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   The  Government  has  put  in  place  a  centralized  online  system  CARINGS  (Child Adoption  Resource  Information  and  Guidance  System)  to  facilitate  adoption  in  the Country  with  effect  from  1.08.2015.  Prior  to  introduction  of  CARINGS,   the  adoption agencies placed the children directly with Prospective Adoptive Patents(PAPs) registered  with  them.   The  details  of  In-country  Adoptions  (year-wise  &  gender-wise) from 2010 to 2015-2016 as provided by States/UTs to CARA  are enclosed at Annexure-I. Details  of  In-country  Adoptions  (year-wise,  age-wise  &  gender-wise) from 2017-2018 to 2020-2021 (as on 03/02/2021) are enclosed at Annexure-II.
- (b) The number of infants below the age of three months adopted during 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 (as on 03/02/2021) is 725.
- (c)      As per section 38 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the orphaned and abandoned children are required to be declared legally free for adoption within 02 months in case of a child upto the age of two years and within 04 months in case of a child above the age of two years, after following the due procedure. Further, the surrendered children are required to be declared legally free for adoption after 02 months (reconsideration period) from the date of surrender of the child.

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## Annexure I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1957 for answer on 12.02.2021 raised by Shri Jayant Sinha regarding In-country adoptions.

In-Country   Adoption Data (Year-wise & Gender-wise) for the years from 2010 to   20152016

| S.No.   | Year / Period                          | Number of In-country Adoptions   | Number of In-country Adoptions   | Number of In-country Adoptions   |
|---------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         |                                        | Male                             | Female                           | Total                            |
| 1       | 2010 (January, 2010 to December, 2010) | -                                | -                                | 5693                             |
| 2       | 2011 (January, 2011 to March, 2012)    | -                                | -                                | 5964                             |
| 3       | 2012-2013                              | 1848                             | 2846                             | 4694                             |
| 4       | 2013-2014                              | 1631                             | 2293                             | 3924                             |
| 5       | 2014-2015                              | 1688                             | 2300                             | 3988                             |
| 6       | 2015-2016                              | 424                              | 706                              | 1130                             |

Annexure II

Annexure II referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question No. 1957  for  answer  on  12.02.2021  raised  by  Shri  Jayant  Sinha  regarding  In-country adoptions.

In-country Adoptions (year-wise, age-wise & gender-wise) from 2017-2018 to 2020-2021 (as on 03/02/2021)

|         | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Age     | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    | Male      | Female    |
| 0-2     | 579       | 931       | 1024      | 1535      | 1008      | 1552      | 1031      | 1500      | 1050      | 1494      | 704       | 1087      |
| 2-4     | 81        | 111       | 104       | 139       | 146       | 155       | 108       | 153       | 97        | 117       | 74        | 85        |
| 4-6 47  |           | 66        | 87        | 92        | 70        | 79        | 87        | 92        | 88        | 95        | 40        | 46        |
| 6-8 18  | 17        |           | 50        | 45        | 32        | 30        | 40        | 47        | 43        | 39        | 20        | 20        |
| 8-10 4  | 16        |           | 35        | 51        | 50        | 42        | 40        | 28        | 23        | 32        | 17        | 12        |
| 10-12 3 | 2         |           | 14        | 19        | 10        | 20        | 27        | 25        | 22        | 26        | 14        | 10        |
| 12-14 0 | 5         |           | 4         | 5         | 5         | 6         | 7         | 18        | 22        | 9         | 10        | 9         |
| 14-18   | 0         | 1         | 3         | 3         | 3         | 6         | 7         | 9         | 9         | 6         | 4         | 8         |

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