Lok Sabha Question No. 577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: Adoption of Child
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.577 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2022

## ADOPTION OF CHILD

577. SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWAR :

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

- (a) the number of in-country adoptions during the last five years till date, age-wise and gender-wise;
- (b) the number of infants below the age of one year adopted during the said period; and
- (c) the period taken for declaring a child legally free for adoption?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)       State-wise number of in-country adoptions age-wise and gender-wise during last five years period as on 31.01.2022 is at Annexure-I .
- (b)       The number of infants below the age of one year adopted during said period is at Annexure-II .
- (c)         As  per  Juvenile  Justice  (Care  and  Protection  of  Children)  Act,  2015,  which provides that Child Welfare Committee declares the surrendered child as legally free for adoption after the expiry of sixty days from the date of surrender and in case of orphan or abandoned child, within a period of two months from the date of production of the child, for children who are up to two years of age and within four months for children above two years of age.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  577 FOR  04.02.2022 RAISED BY SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWAR REGARDING ADOPTION OF CHILD

STATE-WISE NUMBER OF IN-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS AGE-WISE AND GENDERWISE DURING LAST FIVE YEARS PERIOD AS ON 31.01.2022

| Age Gr oup           | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022 (As on 31.01.2 022)   | 2021-2022 (As on 31.01.2 022)   | 2021-2022 (As on 31.01.2 022)   |
|----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                      | Mal e       | Fem ale     | Tot al      | Mal e       | Fem ale     | Tot al      | Mal e       | Fem ale     | Tota l      | Male        | Fema le     | Tota l      | Male                            | Fem ale                         | Tot al                          |
| 0-2 Yea rs           | 100 8       | 1552 0      | 256         | 103 1       | 1500        | 253 1       | 105 0       | 1494        | 254 4       | 954         | 1469        | 242 3       | 757                             | 981                             | 173 8                           |
| 2-4 Yea rs           | 146         | 155         | 301         | 108         | 153         | 261         | 97          | 117         | 214         | 101         | 115         | 216         | 61                              | 93                              | 154                             |
| 4-6 Yea rs           | 70          | 79          | 149         | 87          | 92          | 179         | 88          | 95          | 183         | 58          | 53          | 111         | 37                              | 51                              | 88                              |
| 6-8 Yea rs           | 32          | 30          | 62          | 40          | 47          | 87          | 43          | 39          | 82          | 25          | 29          | 54          | 18                              | 20                              | 38                              |
| 8-10 Ye ars          | 50          | 42          | 92          | 40          | 28          | 68          | 23          | 32          | 55          | 24          | 16          | 40          | 12                              | 20                              | 32                              |
| 10-12 Y ears         | 10          | 20          | 30          | 27          | 25          | 52          | 22          | 26          | 48          | 20          | 14          | 34          | 7                               | 18                              | 25                              |
| 12-14 Y ears         | 5           | 6           | 11          | 7           | 18          | 25          | 22          | 9           | 31          | 13          | 14          | 27          | 9                               | 15                              | 24                              |
| 14-18 Y ears         | 3           | 6           | 9           | 7           | 9           | 16          | 9           | 6           | 15          | 4           | 9           | 13          | 11                              | 13                              | 24                              |
| Total                | 132 4       | 1890        | 321 4       | 134 7       | 1872        | 321 9       | 135 4       | 1818        | 317 2       | 1199        | 1719        | 291 8       | 912                             | 1211                            | 212 3                           |
| Relativ e Adop tions | -           | -           | 54          | -           | -           | 133         | -           | -           | 108         | -           | -           | 187         | -                               | -                               | 162                             |
| Step Ad options      | -           | -           | 8           | -           | -           | 22          | -           | -           | 71          | -           | -           | 37          | -                               | -                               | 25                              |
| Grand Total          | -           | -           | 327 6       | -           | -           | 337 4       | -           | -           | 335 1       | -           | -           | 314 2       | -                               | -                               | 231 0                           |

ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.577  FOR  04.02.2022  RAISED  BY  SHRI  G.  M. SIDDESHWAR REGARDING ADOPTION OF CHILD NUMBER OF INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF ONE YEAR ADOPTED DURING LAST FIVE YEAR PERIOD AS ON 31.01.2022)

| Age Group (In Year)   | FY                          |   Male |   Female |   Total |
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|--------|----------|---------|
| 0-1                   | 2017-18                     |    877 |     1363 |    2240 |
| 0-1                   | 2018-19                     |    910 |     1327 |    2237 |
| 0-1                   | 2019-20                     |    931 |     1337 |    2268 |
| 0-1                   | 2020-21                     |    779 |     1178 |    1957 |
| 0-1                   | 2021-22 (as on 31-Jan-2022) |    636 |      841 |    1477 |

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