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Pradeep Kumar

12/05/21 11:00 AM IST

Legal provisions for adopting a child

Why in news?

Some people are offering infants for instant adoption by selling sob stories of how the children have lost their parents to the dreaded virus

Issue
  • The lack of inputs for proper procedures for legal adoption and hasty sentimental considerations are exploited for exorbitant sums of money.
  • According to UNICEF, India has over 30 million orphan and abandoned children.
  • Parental deaths added unknown numbers of orphans to the list.
  • Many children escaped monitoring by the official machinery due to the breakdown of systems.
Law
  • The Juvenile Justice Rules of 2016 and the Adoption Regulations of 2017 followed to create the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) as a statutory body for the regulation, monitoring and control of all intra-country and inter-country adoptions.
  • Furthermore, CARA became pivotal in granting a ‘no objection’ certificate for all inter-country adoptions, pursuant to India becoming a signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoptions.
Action needed
  • CARA must conduct an outreach programme on social media, newspapers and TV, warning everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers under any circumstances whatsoever.
  • The legal process of adoption must be adequately publicised.
  • The National and State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights must step up their roles as vigilantes, as they are empowered by law to take effective action against those engaging in illegal activities.
  • Social activists, NGOs and enlightened individuals must report all the incidents that come to their notice. Respective State Legal Services Authorities have the infrastructure and machinery to stamp out such unlawful practices brought to their attention.
  • The media must publicise and shame all those involved in this disreputable occupation. 
Source: The Hindu

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