Lok Sabha Question No. 1014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Specialised Adoption Agencies
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1014

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES

## 1014.  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

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 for 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 and the outcome thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    As per information received from the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the yearwise and State-wise total number of Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) registered with CARA is at Annexure -I.
- (b)           The  total  number  of  children  enrolled  and  given  for  adoption  under  the  SAAs  since 2014,  year and State/UT-wise information is at Annexure-II.
- (c)            The  State/UT-wise  details  of  children  who  have  died  in  SAAs  since  2014,  as  per  Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS) portal, is at Annexure - III.
- (d)        Details of children admitted in the SAAs are mandatorily uploaded by the SAA in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS), which is accessed by CARA.
- (e)        Regular inspections/ visits are conducted by the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), State Government, the CARA on case to case basis, depending on seriousness of the complaint. The Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015  has  mandated  the  National Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  to  monitor  the  implementation  of  the provisions of the Act.

NCPCR  has  developed  an  application  namely  Monitoring  App  for  Seamless  Inspection (MASI)  for  real  time  monitoring  of  the  Child  Care  Institutions  (CCIs)  and  their  inspection mechanism across the country.  MASI enables unified inspections by Child Welfare Committees (CWCs),  State  Inspection  Committees,  District  Inspection  Committees,  Members  of  Juvenile Justice  Boards  (JJBs)  and  State  Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (SCPCRs)  as  laid down under the JJ Act, 2015.  88 Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) have been inspected by the concerned State / District authorities mandated under JJ Act, 2015, since the inception of the portal from 21.01.2021.

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Annexure-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1014  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES

## YEAR-WISE AND STATE-WISE NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED ADOPTION AGENCIES (SAAs) REGISTERED WITH CARA SINCE 2014

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                        | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016- 17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar                    | 1         | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0         | 0         | 1         |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 14        | 14        | 14         | 14        | 14        | 14        | 14        |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 1         | 1         | 2          | 2         | 1         | 1         | 2         |
| 4.        | Assam                                | 8         | 15        | 21         | 23        | 21        | 22        | 20        |
| 5.        | Bihar                                | 11        | 5         | 17         | 28        | 26        | 27        | 25        |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                           | 1         | 2         | 1          | 1         | 1         | 1         | 1         |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                         | 6         | 9         | 11         | 13        | 13        | 13        | 13        |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu | 0         | 0         | 0          | 1         | 1         | 1         | 1         |
| 9.        | Delhi                                | 12        | 12        | 11         | 11        | 11        | 11        | 12        |
| 10.       | Goa                                  | 3         | 3         | 2          | 2         | 2         | 2         | 2         |
| 11.       | Gujarat                              | 19        | 18        | 17         | 16        | 16        | 16        | 16        |
| 12.       | Haryana                              | 3         | 3         | 3          | 8         | 8         | 8         | 8         |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                     | 1         | 1         | 1          | 1         | 1         | 1         | 1         |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir                    | 0         | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                            | 5         | 3         | 8          | 15        | 12        | 15        | 12        |
| 16.       | Karnataka                            | 33        | 29        | 29         | 28        | 28        | 31        | 31        |
| 17.       | Kerala                               | 21        | 18        | 17         | 17        | 17        | 18        | 17        |
| 18.       | Ladakh                               | -         | -         | -          | -         | -         | -         | -         |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                          | 0         | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0         | 0         | 0         |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 38        | 36        | 36         | 31        | 31        | 30        | 31        |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                          | 65        | 63        | 61         | 63        | 63        | 56        | 56        |
| 22.       | Manipur                              | 6         | 6         | 8          | 9         | 9         | 9         | 9         |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                            | 1         | 3         | 2          | 6         | 6         | 6         | 6         |
| 24.       | Mizoram                              | 4         | 4         | 7          | 7         | 7         | 7         | 7         |
| 25.       | Nagaland                             | 5         | 4         | 4          | 4         | 4         | 4         | 4         |
| 26.       | Orissa                               | 16        | 12        | 20         | 28        | 28        | 28        | 31        |
| 27.       | Pondicherry                          | 3         | 4         | 4          | 4         | 4         | 3         | 3         |
| 28.       | Punjab                               | 7         | 7         | 9          | 9         | 9         | 9         | 8         |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                            | 36        | 35        | 36         | 35        | 35        | 35        | 35        |
| 30.       | Sikkim                               | 2         | 2         | 4          | 4         | 4         | 4         | 3         |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                           | 14        | 11        | 16         | 20        | 20        | 21        | 22        |
| 32.       | Telangana                            | 11        | 11        | 11         | 11        | 11        | 11        | 11        |
| 33.       | Tripura                              | 9         | 8         | 9          | 9         | 9         | 9         | 9         |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 27        | 24        | 28         | 18        | 18        | 20        | 21        |
| 35.       | Uttrakhand                           | 4         | 4         | 7          | 8         | 8         | 7         | 7         |
| 36.       | West Bengal                          | 25        | 23        | 22         | 24        | 22        | 22        | 24        |
|           | Total                                | 412       | 390       | 438        | 470       | 460       | 462       | 463       |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1014  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES

## YEAR  AND  STATE/UT-WISE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN  ENROLLED  AND GIVEN FOR ADOPTION UNDER THE SAAS SINCE 2014

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                          | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | Total adoptions   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman and Nicobar                    | 10         | -          | -          | -         | -         | 2         | -         | 12                |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                         | 361        | 144        | 74         | 122       | 113       | 159       | 99        | 1072              |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                      | 6          | -          | -          | -         | 4         | 1         | 3         | 14                |
| 4.        | Assam                                  | 82         | 84         | 63         | 92        | 115       | 111       | 84        | 631               |
| 5.        | Bihar                                  | 61         | 96         | 160        | 167       | 153       | 150       | 137       | 924               |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                             | 15         | 8          | 4          | 7         | 13        | 10        | 11        | 68                |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                           | 54         | 53         | 67         | 108       | 110       | 80        | 108       | 577               |
| 8.        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | -          | -          | -          | -         | -         | 5         | 3         | 8                 |
| 9.        | Delhi                                  | 181        | 176        | 168        | 121       | 153       | 124       | 102       | 1,025             |
| 10.       | Goa                                    | 16         | 12         | 30         | 14        | 20        | 10        | 21        | 123               |
| 11.       | Gujarat                                | 175        | 146        | 129        | 117       | 174       | 116       | 122       | 979               |
| 12.       | Haryana                                | 47         | 58         | 56         | 53        | 72        | 95        | 44        | 425               |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                       | 8          | 2          | 11         | 7         | 10        | 5         | 3         | 46                |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir                      | -          | -          | 1          | 1         |           | -         | -         | 2                 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                              | 134        | 73         | 129        | 123       | 92        | 83        | 83        | 717               |
| 16.       | Karnataka                              | 425        | 297        | 275        | 320       | 281       | 282       | 256       | 2,136             |
| 17.       | Kerala                                 | 212        | 144        | 145        | 151       | 143       | 125       | 137       | 1,057             |
| 18.       | Ladakh                                 | -          | -          | -          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -                 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                            | -          | -          | -          | -         | -         | -         | -         | -                 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                         | 115        | 80         | 205        | 308       | 239       | 180       | 159       | 1,286             |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                            | 1,036      | 911        | 853        | 814       | 845       | 626       | 668       | 5,753             |
| 22.       | Manipur                                | 8          | 6          | 20         | 9         | 4         | 13        | 7         | 67                |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                              | 11         | 14         | 10         | 11        | 26        | 15        | 18        | 105               |
| 24.       | Mizoram                                | 11         | 19         | 29         | 58        | 32        | 32        | 37        | 218               |
| 25.       | Nagaland                               | 43         | 5          | 27         | 66        | 12        | 13        | 18        | 184               |
| 26.       | Orissa                                 | 230        | 265        | 250        | 209       | 244       | 253       | 179       | 1,630             |
| 27.       | Pondicherry                            | 33         | 30         | 21         | 50        | 12        | 14        | 10        | 170               |
| 28.       | Punjab                                 | 84         | 74         | 85         | 74        | 93        | 80        | 70        | 560               |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                              | 185        | 109        | 150        | 126       | 155       | 179       | 150       | 1,054             |
| 30.       | Sikkim                                 | -          | -          | -          | 17        | 23        | 30        | 18        | 88                |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                             | 254        | 243        | 219        | 233       | 209       | 299       | 375       | 1,832             |
| 32.       | Telangana                              | -          | 263        | 191        | 186       | 218       | 129       | 147       | 1,134             |
| 33.       | Tripura                                | 29         | 13         | 26         | 31        | 18        | 23        | 14        | 154               |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                          | 197        | 135        | 152        | 220       | 224       | 264       | 239       | 1,431             |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                            | 13         | 11         | 15         | 13        | 29        | 11        | 20        | 112               |
| 36.       | West Bengal                            | 326        | 206        | 223        | 199       | 191       | 226       | 217       | 1,588             |
|           | Total                                  | 4,362      |            | 3,788      | 3,927     |           | 3,745     |           |                   |
|           |                                        |            | 3,677      |            |           | 4,027     |           | 3,559     | 27,085            |

Annexure-III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1014  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL REGARDING SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES

YEAR AND STATE-WISE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN DECEASED IN SAAs (2014 TO 2022), AS PER CHILD ADOPTION RESOURCE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM (CARINGS) PORTAL

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                        |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 |   2017- 18 |   2018- 19 |   2019- 20 |   2020- 21 |   2021- 22 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1.        | Andaman & Nicobar Island             |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                       |         14 |          8 |          1 |          3 |          3 |         11 |          6 |          5 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                    |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |
| 4.        | Assam                                |          6 |          2 |          5 |          6 |          5 |          8 |          2 |          8 |
| 5.        | Bihar                                |         22 |         20 |         49 |         33 |         38 |         26 |         14 |         13 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                           |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                         |          3 |          2 |          8 |          9 |         14 |         11 |          9 |          2 |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 9.        | Delhi                                |          5 |          7 |          4 |          6 |          4 |          2 |          7 |          3 |
| 10.       | Goa                                  |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          2 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                              |         15 |          8 |         12 |         12 |          7 |          9 |          9 |         12 |
| 12.       | Haryana                              |          2 |          2 |          1 |          1 |          2 |          1 |          2 |          1 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                     |          0 |          0 |          3 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 14.       | Jammu and Kashmir                    |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                            |          9 |          7 |         10 |         29 |         17 |          8 |         10 |          6 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                            |         13 |         15 |         15 |         25 |         24 |         19 |         22 |         16 |
| 17.       | Kerala                               |          5 |          7 |          5 |          7 |          0 |          2 |          1 |          0 |
| 18.       | Ladakh                               |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep                          |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh                       |          8 |          7 |         10 |         13 |          8 |         14 |          3 |          4 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra                          |         46 |         46 |         38 |         34 |         23 |         23 |         13 |          1 |
| 22.       | Manipur                              |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          1 |          0 |          0 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                            |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |
| 24.       | Mizoram                              |          1 |          1 |          0 |          1 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          1 |
| 25.       | Nagaland                             |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 26.       | Orissa                               |         14 |         12 |         11 |         22 |          7 |         16 |         12 |         13 |
| 27.       | Pondicherry                          |          3 |          0 |          2 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          1 |          0 |
| 28.       | Punjab                               |          7 |          5 |          4 |          3 |          6 |          6 |          2 |          1 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                            |         21 |         25 |         19 |         22 |         21 |         30 |         21 |         13 |
| 30.       | Sikkim                               |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu                           |         22 |         27 |         14 |         12 |         14 |         21 |         17 |          4 |
| 32.       | Telangana                            |         21 |         41 |         18 |         18 |          9 |         17 |          7 |         10 |
| 33.       | Tripura                              |          3 |          0 |          0 |          2 |          0 |          1 |          0 |          2 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh                        |         30 |         27 |         34 |         57 |         37 |         45 |         19 |         10 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand                          |          0 |          0 |          2 |          1 |          0 |          0 |          0 |          0 |
| 36.       | West Bengal                          |         17 |         18 |         16 |          5 |          8 |          9 |          4 |          6 |
|           | Total                                |        287 |        289 |        281 |        321 |        253 |        282 |        182 |        132 |

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