Lok Sabha Question No. 2349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Adoption of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No.2349

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.03.2016

## ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

2349:  SHRI D. K. SURESH:

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

- a)  the details of the adoption of children for the last three years and the current year;
- b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  request  from  parents  for  adoption  of children;
- c)  if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- d)  whether the Government has put any mechanism in place to enable parents to adopt children; and
- e)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a): The details of the adoption of the children for the last three years and the current year as reported by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is as follows:
- (b)  &  (c):  CARA  has  reported  that  the  number  of  Prospective  Adoptive  Parents (PAPs) registered for in-country Adoption and inter-country Adoption is 7754 and  292  respectively  as  on  08.03.2016.  Details  of  PAPs  (State/UT  wise) registered for in-country adoptions is Annexed.
- (d) & (e): The adoption procedure has been simplified and made online through Child Adoption  Information  and  Guidance  System  (CARINGS)  since  August'2015. Further the roles and responsibilities of authorities and agencies concerned, the timelines  for  completing  various  procedures  in  the  process  of  adoption  have been clearly defined in the adoption guidelines.

| Year                              |   in-country Adoption |   inter-country Adoption |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
| 2012 - 2013                       |                  4694 |                      308 |
| 2013 - 2014                       |                  3924 |                      430 |
| 2014 - 2015                       |                  3988 |                      374 |
| 2015 - 2016 (upto December, 2015) |                  2210 |                      455 |

(Source: CARA)

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## Annexure

Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b  &  c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Un-Starred Question  No.2349  for  answer  on  11.03.2016  raised  by  Shri  D.  K.  Suresh regarding 'Adoption of Children'.

Details of Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) registered for in-country adoptions, State/UT-wise as on 08.03.2016

| S. No   | State             |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|---------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |     497 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |       1 |
| 3       | Assam             |      99 |
| 4       | Bihar             |     114 |
| 5       | Chandigarh        |      31 |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh      |     131 |
| 7       | Daman and Diu     |       2 |
| 8       | Delhi             |     379 |
| 9       | From Anywhere     |     216 |
| 10      | Goa               |      57 |
| 11      | Gujarat           |     353 |
| 12      | Haryana           |     122 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh  |      59 |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir   |       1 |
| 15      | Jharkhand         |      87 |
| 16      | Karnataka         |     701 |
| 17      | Kerala            |     403 |
| 18      | Madhya Pradesh    |     253 |
| 19      | Maharashtra       |    1088 |
| 20      | Manipur           |       1 |
| 21      | Meghalaya         |      15 |
| 22      | Mizoram           |       5 |
| 23      | Nagaland          |      15 |
| 24      | Orissa            |     188 |
| 25      | Pondicherry       |      50 |
| 26      | Punjab            |     158 |
| 27      | Rajasthan         |     226 |
| 28      | Sikkim            |       2 |
| 29      | Tamil Nadu        |     650 |
| 30      | Telangana         |     714 |
| 31      | Tripura           |      60 |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh     |     272 |
| 33      | Uttaranchal       |      30 |
| 34      | West Bengal       |     769 |
| Total   | Total             |    7754 |

(Source: CARA)