Lok Sabha Question No. 1104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Adoption through Central Adoption Resource Authority
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1104

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## ADOPTION THROUGH CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

1104.    SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL :

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

- (a) the  number  of  Indian  and  Foreign  applicants  registered  with  the  Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), State-wise;
- (b) whether is it a fact that the adoptions under CARA are declining;
- (c) if so, reasons therefor;
- (d) the number of adoptions through Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), and under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956 from 2014-15 till 2021-22; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  taken/proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  ease  the tedious application process under CARA and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)         1030  foreign  applicants  (including  Non-Resident  Indians  and  Overseas Citizen  of  India)  are  registered  with  the  Central  Adoption  Resource  Authority (CARA),  as  on  19.07.2022.  State-wise  details  of  number  of  Indian  applicants registered with CARA are at Annexure-I.
- (b)         No Sir.
- (c )        Does not Arise.
- (d)         Adoption  in  the  country  is  undertaken  through  the  Hindu  Adoptions  and Maintenance  Act  (HAMA),  1956  and  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of Children) Act (JJ Act), 2015. The HAMA, 1956 is administered by the Ministry of Law and Justice. The Ministry of Women and Child Development administers the JJ Act, 2015 and does not maintain the data of adoptions under HAMA, 1956. The number of adoptions under the JJ Act, 2015 from 2014-15 till 2021-22 is at Annexure-II.
- (e)         The  Government  has  notified  the  Juvenile  Justice  (Care and  Protection  of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021), which empowers the District Magistrate to  effectively  coordinate  and  monitor  the functions  of  the  agencies  responsible for

the implementation of the JJ Act, 2015 and to decide the cases of adoption under the provisions of the the JJ Act, 2015. The amendment enables the DM to monitor the  functioning  of  all  agencies  involved  in  adoption  eco-system  like  Specialised Adoption Agencies, District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) & Child Welfare Committee.  The  State  Adoption  Resource  Agencies  have  been  strengthened.  All these would lead to easier and faster adoption process. The entire adoption process is transparent  and functioning through online Portal of CARA called CARINGS.

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1104  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL REGARDING ADOPTION THROUGH CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY STATE-WISE  DETAILS  OF  NUMBER  OF  INDIAN  APPLICANTS  REGISTERED

WITH CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY (AS ON 19.07.2022)

| Sl. No.   | State                                |   Number of applicants |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Island           |                     23 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                    868 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                     21 |
| 4         | Assam                                |                    772 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |                    477 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |                     46 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |                    503 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                     22 |
| 9         | Delhi                                |                   1022 |
| 10        | Goa                                  |                    274 |
| 11        | Gujarat                              |                    784 |
| 12        | Haryana                              |                   1000 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                    160 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                    |                      0 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            |                    435 |
| 16        | Karnataka                            |                   3484 |
| 17        | Kerala                               |                   1186 |
| 18        | Ladakh                               |                      0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |                      0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                    993 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |                   3470 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |                     57 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |                     47 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |                     42 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |                     39 |
| 26        | Orissa                               |                    928 |
| 27        | Pondicherry                          |                     89 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |                    356 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |                    760 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |                     38 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |                   3476 |
| 32        | Telangana                            |                   1880 |
| 33        | Tripura                              |                    125 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                   1800 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                          |                    173 |
| 36        | West Bengal                          |                   3313 |
|           | Total                                |                  28663 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1104  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL REGARDING ADOPTION THROUGH CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

YEAR-WISE  NUMBER  OF  ADOPTIONS  UNDER  THE JUVENILE  JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2015

| Financial Year   | In-Country   |   Inter-Country |
|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
| 2014-2015        | 3,988        |             374 |
| 2015-2016        | 3,011        |             666 |
| 2016-2017        | 3,210        |             578 |
| 2017-2018        | 3,276        |             651 |
| 2018-2019        | 3,374        |             653 |
| 2019-2020        | 3,351        |             394 |
| 2020-2021        | 3,142        |             417 |
| 2021-2022        | 2,991        |             414 |

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