MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a): At present, adoption of children is done under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956. As per the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS), an Online Portal, Gender-Wise details of children placed in Adoption during last three years and current year (upto 24.06.2019) are as under:
Year Male Female
2016-2017 1443 2345
2017-2018 1531 2396
2018-2019 1629 2398
2019-2020 (Upto 24.06.2019) 289 455
The data shows that the number of female children placed in Adoptions under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 have been more as compared to the male children. A large number of domestic adoptions also happen under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956; however the corresponding data on adoption is not available with the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
(b): As per details available in CARINGS, a total of 6971 Orphaned/ Abandoned/ Surrendered Children are living in 488 Specialised Adoption Agencies (Government and Non-Government). Further, a total of 1706 Children are residing in the Child Care Institutions (CCIs) linked with the SAAs in CARINGS. The State-wise details of children in the Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) and Child Care Institutions (CCIs) are placed at Annexure-I & Annexure-II respectively.
(c): No Sir. All adoptions under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Adoption Regulations, 2017 are being regulated by State Adoption Resource Agency (In-country Adoptions) and Central Adoption Resource Authority (Inter-country Adoptions).
(d) & (e): The entire adoption procedure has been made on-line through the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guideline System which has made the system fully transparent and accessible. The Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) who are found to be not complying with the Adoption Regulations, 2017 are being issued show cause notices as per Regulation 25 (3) of Adoption Regulations, 2017 after which they are either fined or their recognition is suspended/ revoked, as per the provision of Section 65(4) of the JJ Act, 2015 and Regulation 25 of the Adoption Regulations, 2017, if they are found to be violating the provisions of the Act and/or the Regulations. Further, the Government also undertakes awareness initiatives for this purpose.
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ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1225 FOR 28.06.2019 ASKED BY DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR AND SHRI KHAGEN MURMU REGARDING ADOPTION OF ABANDONED KIDS.
STATE-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE IN SPECIALISED ADOPTION AGENCIES (AS ON 24.06.2019)
S.No. State No. of SAAs Male Female Total
1 Andaman and Nicobar 2 11 14 25
2 Andhra Pradesh 14 242 354 596
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 2 4 6
3 Assam 24 92 96 188
4 Bihar 29 100 155 255
5 Chandigarh 1 20 24 44
6 Chhattisgarh 13 96 134 230
7 Dadar and Nagar Haveli 1 0 1 1
8 Delhi 12 145 191 336
9 Goa 2 13 11 24
10 Gujarat 18 44 68 112
11 Haryana 8 73 89 162
12 Himachal Pradesh 1 8 4 12
13 Jharkhand 15 169 177 346
14 Karnataka 33 165 213 378
15 Kerala 19 41 48 89
16 Madhya Pradesh 33 233 363 596
17 Maharashtra 63 449 526 975
18 Manipur 8 31 26 57
19 Meghalaya 6 10 4 14
20 Mizoram 7 10 9 19
21 Nagaland 4 3 2 5
22 Orissa 28 218 236 454
23 Pondicherry 4 7 9 16
24 Punjab 10 113 202 315
25 Rajasthan 35 73 86 159
26 Sikkim 4 4 2 6
27 Tamil Nadu 20 110 151 261
28 Telangana 11 152 276 428
29 Tripura 9 20 40 60
30 Uttar Pradesh 18 167 243 410
31 UTTARAKHAND 8 5 9 14
31 West Bengal 26 155 223 378
--- Total 488 2981 3990 6971
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1225 FOR 28.06.2019 ASKED BY DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR AND SHRI KHAGEN MURMU REGARDING ADOPTION OF ABANDONED KIDS
STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CHILDREN AVAILABLE IN THE CHILD CARE INSTITUTIONS (CCIs) (AS ON 19.06.2019)
S.No. State No. of CCIs Linked on CARING Male Female Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 842 133 209 342
2 Arunachal Pradesh 9 0 1 1
3 Assam 105 49 50 99
4 Bihar 58 30 11 41
5 Chandigarh 4 0 0 0
6 Chhattisgarh 61 34 53 87
7 Delhi 87 17 61 78
8 Goa 13 0 0 0
9 Gujarat 92 10 21 31
10 Haryana 72 52 50 102
11 Himachal Pradesh 38 0 0 0
12 Jharkhand 82 0 0 0
13 Karnataka 781 26 49 75
14 Kerala 485 4 1 5
15 Madhya Pradesh 62 111 212 323
16 Maharashtra 454 23 30 53
17 Manipur 41 0 1 1
18 Meghalaya 77 5 3 8
19 Mizoram 37 5 3 8
20 Nagaland 56 0 0 0
21 Orissa 277 103 106 209
22 Pondicherry 6 3 2 5
23 Punjab 65 8 36 44
24 Rajasthan 32 1 3 4
25 Sikkim 14 0 0 0
26 Tamil Nadu 255 13 30 43
27 Telangana 234 5 16 21
28 Tripura 16 1 5 6
29 Uttar Pradesh 34 13 48 61
30 UTTARAKHAND 8 0 2 2
31 West Bengal 65 17 40 57
Total 4462 663 1043 1706
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