UP cabinet nod to new juvenile justice rules for child adoption

LUCKNOW: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the new Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children

(https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Care-and-Protection-of-Children)) Rules of 2019, under which all institutes working

with juveniles have to be compulsorily registered. A separate chapter has been included in which provisions for adoption of a

child by an eligible couple have been made more transparent.

The cabinet also sanctioned Rs 1 crore for seting up a botanical garden and Rs 25 lakh for a yoga centre in Dr Bhimrao

Ambedkar University. It also cleared Rs 5 crore for construction of Savitribai Phule Girls’ hostel on the campus. The cabinet also

waives off the stamp fee and registration fee for handing over of Kushinagar International Airport to the Airports Authority of

India. Officials said that 589.35 acre of the airport has to be registered under AAI.