Lok Sabha Question No. 4063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Central Adoption Resource Authority
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4063

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

## 4063.  SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:**

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

- a.  whether Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) monitors the adoption of Orphan, Abandoned & Surrendered (OAS) children in the country;
- b.  if so, whether Government proposes to setup such care centres at sub-division level in the country; and
- c. if  so,  the  details of such care units functioning and expenditure incurred per child to grow up with proper nutritional food and educational facilities therein?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : Yes, Sir. Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has been set up (i) to promote in-country adoptions and to facilitate inter-State adoptions in co-ordination with State Agency; (ii) to regulate inter-country adoptions; (iii) to frame regulations on adoption and related matters from time to time as may be necessary; (iv) to carry out the functions of the Central Authority under the Hague Convention on Protection of  Children  and  Cooperation  in  respect  of  inter-country  Adoption;  (v)  any  other function as may be prescribed.

(b) & (c) : There is no provision of sub-divisional level care centres in the country. However, as per section 65 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021), the State Governments recognize one or more institutions or organizations in each district as a Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA), in  such  manner  as  provided  in  the  adoption  regulations  framed  by  the  Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), for the rehabilitation of orphan, abandoned or surrendered children, through  adoption and non-institutional  care. There  are 495 number of Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) registered with  Child Adoption Resource  Information  &  Guidance  System  (CARINGS)  Portal  of  CARA  for  the children  in  need  of  care  and  protection.   State-wise  details  of  SAAs  are  given  in Annexure-I.

The maintenance grant of SAAs funded under Mission Vatsalya Scheme has been revised to Rs.2500/- per child per month from the financial year 2022-23.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) & (C) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.4063 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2023 BY SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR REGARDING 'CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY'

STATE-WISE  NUMBER  OF  SPECIALIZED  ADOPTION  AGENCIES  (SAAs) REGISTERED IN CHILD ADOPTION RESOURCE INFORMATION & GUIDANCE SYSTEM (CARINGS) PORTAL

| S. No.   | State/UT                                 |   No. of Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAAs) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Island               |                                             2 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                                            14 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                                             2 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |                                            18 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |                                            28 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |                                             1 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |                                            13 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                             1 |
| 9        | Delhi                                    |                                            12 |
| 10       | Goa                                      |                                             2 |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  |                                            16 |
| 12       | Haryana                                  |                                             7 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                                             1 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                                             9 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                |                                            12 |
| 16       | Karnataka                                |                                            38 |
| 17       | Kerala                                   |                                            18 |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   |                                             0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              |                                             0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                                            35 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              |                                            55 |
| 22       | Manipur                                  |                                             9 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                |                                             6 |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  |                                             6 |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 |                                             4 |
| 26       | Orissa                                   |                                            34 |
| 27       | Pondicherry                              |                                             2 |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |                                             8 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                |                                            35 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   |                                             3 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |                                            24 |
| 32       | Telangana                                |                                            12 |
| 33       | Tripura                                  |                                             9 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                                            22 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              |                                             7 |
| 36       | West Bengal                              |                                            30 |
| Total    |                                          |                                           495 |

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