CARA GIVES RS. 90 LAKH TO THREE STATES FOR PROMTING ADOPTIONS

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The Central Adoption Resources Agency, CARA has provided about ninety lakh rupees as grant-in-aid to three states for promotion of in-country adoptions of children during the current financial year so far. Rs. 42.77 lakh have been given to Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, Andhra Pradesh followed by Department of Social Defence, Gujarat getting Rs. 35.42 lakh. The Department of Social Welfare, Manipur has been provided Rs. 11.59 lakh. The grant-in-aid is given to the government institutions and non-government organisations under the scheme of Assistance to Homes for Children (Shishu Grah) to promote In-Country Adoption.

CARA, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has given recognition to 73 agencies and 249 Enlisted Agencies, which also include government departments in more than 25 countries, to carry out in-country and inter-country adoption of abandoned and orphaned children. More than 12,200 children have found homes through recognized placement homes. These include over 7,200 in-country adoptions and more than 5,000 inter-country adoptions. Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have active adoption programmes. The adoption activities in other states and union territories are picking up.