Lok Sabha Question No. 988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Adoption of Orphans
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.988

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

## 988.    DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry has recorded the number of orphans in the country over the last  three  years  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-  wise  and  if  not,  reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  the  Ministry  has  recorded  the  number  of  orphans  who  have  been adopted in India over the last three years, if so, the details thereof, gender-wise along with their disability status, if any;
- (c) whether  the  Ministry  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  significant  gap  between prospective  parents  and  adoptable  children  in  India,  if  so,  the  reasons  for  the significant gap and lengthy waiting period;
- (d) whether the Ministry has recorded the number of official and unofficial Child Care Institutions  in  India  along  with  number  of  orphans  therein,  if  so,  the  details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) whether  the  Ministry  has  taken  cognizance  of  human  trafficking  prevalent amongst orphaned children and if so, the number of such crimes recorded during the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  :    The  Government  has  put  in  place  a  centralized  online  system  called  the  Child Adoption  Resource  Information  and  Guidance  System  (CARINGS)  for  facilitating adoption of orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children under the Juvenile Justice (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act  (JJ  Act),  2015. The  details  of  orphan  children registered in the CARINGS portal over the last three years, State-wise is at Annexure- I. (b)  :   Adoptions in the country are undertaken through the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJ Act), 2015 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,  1956.  The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  administers  adoptions  of orphaned,  abandoned  and  surrendered  children  under  the  JJ  Act,  2015.  As  per CARINGS, the number of orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children who have been adopted over the last three years  (1 st April 2019 - 31 st March 2022), is as below :

| Year      | Male   | Male         | Female   | Female       | Total   |
|-----------|--------|--------------|----------|--------------|---------|
| Year      | Normal | Special Need | Normal   | Special Need | Total   |
| 2019-2020 | 1398   | 57           | 1936     | 110          | 3501    |
| 2020-2021 | 1258   | 109          | 1795     | 133          | 3295    |
| 2021-2022 | 1216   | 136          | 1617     | 206          | 3175    |

(c)  :  The  waiting  period  for  Prospective  Adoptive  Parents  (PAPs)  depends  upon  the availability  of  children  for  adoption  from  among  the  total  orphaned,  abandoned  and surrendered children, and the preference of child by the PAPs.

(d) : As per the mandate of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 it is mandatory for every Child Care Institution (CCI) housing children in need of care and protection to be registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)  Act,  2015.  The  CCIs  are  linked  with  the  Specialised  Adoption  Agencies (SAAs) for reporting the children declared legally free for adoption. As per CARINGS, details  of  linkages  of  CCIs  with  SAAs  are  at  Annexure-II.   Further,  the  State-wise details of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) registered under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as on 30.09.2021) is at Annexure-III.

(e) : As per the Crime in India Report of the year 2018, 2019 and 2020 published by the National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB),  State-wise  details  of  cases  of  human trafficking of children, i.e., a person below the age of 18 years is at Annexure-IV.

*****

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.988  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  DR.  SHASHI THAROOR REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

STATE-WISE  DETAILS  OF  ORPHAN  CHILDREN  REGISTERED  IN  THE  CHILD ADOPTION  RESOURCE  INFORMATION  AND  GUIDANCE  SYSTEM  (CARINGS) PORTAL OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS

| Sl. No.   | State                                |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Island           |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       |        35 |         5 |         4 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4         | Assam                                |         2 |         2 |         2 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |        27 |        15 |        14 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |         0 |         0 |         2 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |        18 |        15 |        21 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 9         | Delhi                                |         3 |         1 |         2 |
| 10        | Goa                                  |         6 |         4 |         2 |
| 11        | Gujarat                              |         3 |         4 |         2 |
| 12        | Haryana                              |         3 |         4 |         1 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     |         2 |         0 |         3 |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                    |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            |         6 |         2 |         8 |
| 16        | Karnataka                            |         6 |         7 |         9 |
| 17        | Kerala                               |         0 |         1 |         1 |
| 18        | Ladakh                               |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |        79 |        39 |        54 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |        16 |        78 |        11 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |         0 |         3 |         4 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |         0 |         2 |         0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 26        | Orissa                               |        21 |        15 |        17 |
| 27        | Pondicherry                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |         0 |         1 |         5 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |        11 |         5 |         8 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |         6 |         1 |         4 |
| 32        | Telangana                            |         2 |         3 |         5 |
| 33        | Tripura                              |         1 |         0 |         1 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                        |        73 |        53 |        68 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                          |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 36        | West Bengal                          |        16 |        13 |        24 |
| Total     | Total                                |       336 |       273 |       272 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.988  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  DR.  SHASHI THAROOR REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

DETAILS OF LINKAGES OF CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS (CCIs) WITH SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES (SAAs), AS PER  CHILD ADOPTION RESOURCE INFORMATION  AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM (CARINGS) PORTAL (AS ON 13.07.2022)

| Sl. No.   | State                                    | No. of registered SAAs   | Total no. of CCIs registered   | Total no. of CCIs linked   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Island               | 2                        | 1                              | 0                          |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                           | 14                       | 873                            | 871                        |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 2                        | 10                             | 10                         |
| 4         | Assam                                    | 20                       | 99                             | 99                         |
| 5         | Bihar                                    | 26                       | 45                             | 44                         |
| 6         | Chandigarh                               | 1                        | 3                              | 3                          |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                             | 13                       | 54                             | 52                         |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1                        | 0                              | 0                          |
| 9         | Delhi                                    | 12                       | 84                             | 81                         |
| 10        | Goa                                      | 2                        | 53                             | 53                         |
| 11        | Gujarat                                  | 16                       | 89                             | 89                         |
| 12        | Haryana                                  | 8                        | 58                             | 54                         |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                         | 1                        | 38                             | 37                         |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                        | 0                        | 0                              | 0                          |
| 15        | Jharkhand                                | 12                       | 87                             | 87                         |
| 16        | Karnataka                                | 34                       | 858                            | 816                        |
| 17        | Kerala                                   | 17                       | 570                            | 545                        |
| 18        | Ladakh                                   | -                        | -                              | -                          |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                              | 0                        | 0                              | 0                          |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                           | 35                       | 58                             | 58                         |
| 21        | Maharashtra                              | 56                       | 598                            | 558                        |
| 22        | Manipur                                  | 9                        | 43                             | 43                         |
| 23        | Meghalaya                                | 6                        | 75                             | 73                         |
| 24        | Mizoram                                  | 7                        | 33                             | 33                         |
| 25        | Nagaland                                 | 4                        | 50                             | 50                         |
| 26        | Orissa                                   | 33                       | 185                            | 185                        |
| 27        | Pondicherry                              | 3                        | 45                             | 8                          |
| 28        | Punjab                                   | 8                        | 54                             | 52                         |
| 29        | Rajasthan                                | 35                       | 110                            | 107                        |
| 30        | Sikkim                                   | 3                        | 21                             | 21                         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                               | 24                       | 1219                           | 1188                       |
| 32        | Telangana                                | 12                       | 332                            | 331                        |
| 33        | Tripura                                  | 9                        | 15                             | 15                         |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                            | 21                       | 53                             | 40                         |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                              | 7                        | 25                             | 24                         |
| 36        | West Bengal                              | 29                       | 71                             | 71                         |
|           | TOTAL                                    | 482                      | 5909                           | 5698                       |

Annexure-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.988  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  DR.  SHASHI THAROOR REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

STATE-WISE  DETAILS  OF  CHILD  CARE  INSTITUTIONS  (CCIs)  REGISTERED UNDER  THE  JUVENILE  JUSTICE  (CARE  AND  PROTECTION  OF  CHILDREN) ACT, 2015 (AS ON 30.09.2021)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT               |   Total Number of CCIs |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                    903 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     17 |
| 3         | Assam                              |                    105 |
| 4         | Bihar                              |                     81 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                       |                     91 |
| 6         | Goa                                |                     54 |
| 7         | Gujarat                            |                    125 |
| 8         | Haryana                            |                     78 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh                   |                     43 |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir                    |                    101 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                          |                     96 |
| 12        | Karnataka                          |                    993 |
| 13        | Kerala                             |                    741 |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                    118 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                        |                    418 |
| 16        | Manipur                            |                    142 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                          |                     74 |
| 18        | Mizoram                            |                     50 |
| 19        | Nagaland                           |                     65 |
| 20        | Orissa                             |                    238 |
| 21        | Punjab                             |                     60 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                          |                    229 |
| 23        | Sikkim                             |                     23 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                         |                   1087 |
| 25        | Telangana                          |                     79 |
| 26        | Tripura                            |                     40 |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                    132 |
| 28        | Uttarakhand                        |                     53 |
| 29        | West Bengal                        |                    109 |
| 30        | Andaman & Nicobar Island           |                     12 |
| 31        | Chandigarh                         |                      7 |
| 32        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                      3 |
| 33        | Delhi                              |                     94 |
| 34        | Lakshadweep                        |                      0 |
| 35        | Ladakh                             |                     14 |
| 36        | Puducherry                         |                     50 |
|           | Total                              |                   6525 |

Annexure-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  988  FOR  ANSWER  ON  22.07.2022  BY  DR.  SHASHI THAROOR REGARDING ADOPTION OF ORPHANS

STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN, (A PERSON BELOW THE AGE OF 18 YEARS) FOR THE YEAR 2018, 2019 AND 2020

| S. No.   | State                                | 2018   |   2019 |   2020 |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                       | 16     |     18 |     23 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 3      |      4 |     13 |
| 3        | Assam                                | 187*   |     80 |     84 |
| 4        | Bihar                                | 539    |    294 |    123 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                         | 101    |    113 |     35 |
| 6        | Goa                                  | 9      |      2 |      1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                              | 1      |      2 |     65 |
| 8        | Haryana                              | 26     |      6 |      7 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                     | 3      |      1 |      2 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                            | 331*   |    172 |    114 |
| 11       | Karnataka                            | 8      |     42 |      2 |
| 12       | Kerala                               | 145    |    177 |    184 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                       | 73     |    123 |     79 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                          | 73     |     95 |     49 |
| 15       | Manipur                              | 2      |      5 |      4 |
| 16       | Meghalaya                            | 22     |     30 |      1 |
| 17       | Mizoram                              | 2      |     25 |      0 |
| 18       | Nagaland                             | 0      |      2 |      0 |
| 19       | Odisha                               | 131    |    202 |    159 |
| 20       | Punjab                               | 20     |      9 |     65 |
| 21       | Rajasthan                            | 373    |    653 |    815 |
| 22       | Sikkim                               | 2      |      0 |      2 |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                           | 8      |     43 |     24 |
| 24       | Telangana                            | 8      |     71 |     32 |
| 25       | Tripura                              | 1      |      1 |      2 |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh                        | 41     |     32 |     61 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand                          | 18     |     16 |      9 |
| 28       | West Bengal                          | 159    |    159 |     53 |
| 29       | A & N Islands                        | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 30       | Chandigarh                           | 0      |      1 |      3 |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0      |      0 |      2 |
| 32       | Delhi UT                             | 531    |    536 |    202 |
| 33       | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 1      |      0 |      2 |
| 34       | Ladakh                               | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                          | 0      |      0 |      0 |
| 36       | Puducherry                           | 0      |      0 |      5 |
|          | TOTAL                                | 2834   |   2914 |   2222 |

*Due to  non-receipt  of  data  from  Assam  and  Jharkhand  for  2018,  data  furnished  for 2017 has been used.

***