States asked to curb illegal adoption and Child trafficking.
To address the grave concerns that has come to notice, through media reports, that some organizations have been propagating illegal adoption outside the domain of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, which is tantamount to child trafficking, the Ministry of Women and Child Development has instructed that all the State Govts/UTs should ensure that all the registered Child Care institutions, whether run by a State Government or by voluntary or non-governmental organizations, are linked to Specialized Adoption Agencies and are reflected in the online portal CARINGS within one month. This applies to all CCIs which are meant, either wholly or partially, for housing children in need of care and protection or children in conflict with law,
Further for speedy execution, State Govt/UTs have also been asked to publish this direction in the local newspaper to ensure compliance by the institutions within the stipulated period, failing which action may be taken against the non-complying institutions.
State Govts/UT have also been asked to issue instructions for conducting inspection of all homes run by Missionaries of Charity and also identify all potential institutions/organizations which could be involved in unlawful activities. Conduction of timely inspections of the Institutions, as per the provisions of Section 54 of the Act, has also been advised.
Besides in order to check the illegal adoptions, State Govt/UTs have been asked to keep a close watch on the maternity hospitals and other facilities, which may also act as potential places for illegal and child trafficking. A Status report has been asked from the States/UTs by 31.07.2018
A Background note:
Section 41 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 mandates that all institutions, whether run by a State Government or by voluntary or non-governmental organizations, which are meant, either wholly or partially, for housing children in need of care and protection or children in conflict with law, shall be registered under the Act. And, Section 65 of the Act mandates the State Government for recognizing one or more institutions or organizations in each district as a Specialized Adoption Agency(SAA) for the rehabilitation of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children through adoption and non-institutional care. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 recognizes the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) as the nodal agency for promoting and regulating in-country and inter-country adoptions, which is being facilitated through an online portal (CARINGS).
Following is the state wise status of Registration of 7,800 CCIs in the country as reported by States/UTs upto 16.03.2018
Status of Registration of CCIs in the country as reported by States/Uts upto 16.03.2018 Total no. of CCIs linked
S. No. State registered Under Process Temporary Registered
1 Andaman & Nicobar 16 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 824 0 0 520
3 Arunchal Pradesh 7 0 0 0
4 Assam 110 47 0 63
5 Bihar 79 6 0 42
6 Chandigarh 10 0 0 3
7 Chhattisgarh 77 0 8 54
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 0
9 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0
10 Delhi 65 31 0 68
11 Goa 67 12 0 0
12 Gujarat 125 0 0 75
13 Haryana 65 3 0 65
14 Himanchal Pradesh 46 0 0 34
15 Jammu & Kashmir 58 0 0 0
16 Jharkhand 114 0 0 3
17 Karnataka 918 50 282 371
18 Kerala 371 109 0 36
19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 121 0 0 53
21 Maharashtra 749 104 0 236
22 Manipur 116 13 0 33
23 Meghalaya 108 0 0 40
24 Mizoram 52 0 0 5
25 Nagaland 71 0 0 49
26 Odisha 308 0 0 222
27 Puducherry 67 1 0 5
28 Punjab 74 0 0 50
29 Rajasthan 170 19 0 2
30 Sikkim 27 0 0 11
31 Tamil Nadu 1296 0 0 51
32 Telangana 455 6 0 194
33 Tripura 39 0 0 10
34 Uttar Pradesh 231 0 0 4
35 Uttarakhand 45 0 0 7
36 West Bengal 228 0 0 47
Total 7109 401 290 2353
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