(a) whether it is true that very few parents have adopted children with special needs and if so, the details thereof; and
(b) the status of adoption of children with special needs?
(a) whether it is true that very few parents have adopted children with special needs and if so, the details thereof; and
(b) the status of adoption of children with special needs?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) & (b) As per the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS), an online portal of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), 1614 Special Need Children have been placed in-country and inter-country adoptions during the last five years.
The year-wise figures of adoptions of special needs children are as under :-
Year In-country Inter-country Total
2015-16 76 294 370
2016-17 49 242 291
2017-18 42 349 391
2018-19 40 362 402
2019-20
(upto 03/03/2020) 11 149 160
Total 218 1396 1614
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