New Delhi: Hoping to tighten adoption norms in the country including verifying the source of each child placed for adoption the Central Adoption Resource Authority has proposed stringent monitoring of international and domestic adoptions.These guidelines aim to streamline the adoption process,facilitate speedy adoption of children and ensure that the source of each child is verified prior to placement for adoption. Long plagued by problems like illegal,irregular and premature adoptions,the government is making fresh attempts to bring in a comprehensive system.Amongst the immediate initiatives is establishment of a centralised dossier system for all children placed for adoption along with their details.The website Carings is expected to be launched in mid-January and can be accessed by prospective parents and authorised officials.
Women and child development minister Krishna Tirath says: The proposed guidelines are under the ministrys consideration.We are working on making the process of adoption transparent and cut down on the waiting period for parents. Other proposed guidelines include discontinuing international adoptions to countries that are not signatories to the Hague convention on child protection with the exception of Indian nationals living in non-Hague ratified countries.The government is also looking at cutting down the number of children placed for international adoptions from 50% to 20% of the total number of children.At present,agencies can place equal number of children for domestic and international adoptions.
The guidelines also propose norms for children with special needs to ensure more efficient placements and will make it mandatory that orphan,abandoned and surrendered children be allowed to be adopted internationally under the Juvenile Justice Act. Sources said, a majority of children are adopted under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA) and Guardianship and Wards Act (GAWA).
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CARA mulls post-adoption monitoring
This means that an adopted child is only a ward and does not have legal rights until specifically granted these by the guardian or adopted parent.To bridge this lacunae,postadoption monitoring is may be strengthened with follow-up in domestic adoptions for 2 years,and for international adoptions till such time as the child is given legal rights.Other measures are setting up a fixed deposit of $5,000 for a repatriated child in case the adoption is disrupted.
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