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Individuals in a live-in relationship will once again be able to adopt children from and within India after the country’s nodal adoption agency decided to withdraw a circular issued earlier this year disallowing them from doing so.

The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), in a circular issued on May 31, barred applicants in a live-in relationship from adopting a child on the ground that “the Authority would like the children to be placed only with a stable family and individuals in a live-in relationship cannot be considered as stable family.”

“We have decided to withdraw the circular and applications from prospective adoptive parents will be examined on a case-by-case basis,” Secretary, Women and Child Development Ministry, R.K. Shrivastava told The Hindu on Thursday.

The decision was taken at the last meeting of the steering committee of CARA, chaired by Mr. Shrivastava, in August, and will benefit both domestic and international applicants.

The eligibility criteria under Adoption Regulations, 2017, permit single women to adopt a child of any gender, while single men can adopt only boys. When a married couple seeks to adopt a child, it needs to give its consent for adoption and should be stable marriage for at least two years. Applicants have to be physically, mentally and financially stable to raise a child.

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Trust that owned property gave notice after suspected wrongdoing at women's rehab home

Much before Preet Mandir came under the scanner of the CBI, which days ago filed the chargesheet in the adoption racket, the Radha Kalyandas Daryanani Charitable Trust of Mumbai had asked it to shift from the premises the Trust had let out for a 'Home for Rehabilitation of Women and Children' at Seva Dham in Wadgaon Maval.

The contract was terminated in 2006 and Preet Mandir asked to shift, following media reports of suspect activities.

The Balwant Kartar Anand Foundation alias Preet Mandir ran the rehab home 42 km from Pune at the Sai Baba Seva Dham, Kanhe Phata between April 2004 and mid-2006. Preet Mandir was one of the 10 organisations given rented space and infrastructure at the 15-acre facility made available by the Mumbai-based Trust.

Itanagar, Sept 20: Chairman, Advisory Committee of Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) and Member NCPCR, Ramachandra Reddy and members (Advisory Committee) Nsha Jha and Dr G Sreenuis are on a three-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh for promoting adoption in the state.

During their tour that started on Tuesday, the team visited the Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA) and Children Home run by Oju Welfare Association (OWA), an official release informed here on Thursday.

The visiting team was accompanied by T P Loyi, Director Women and Child Development and Dani Yami, Deputy Director (ICDS), Yupia, Lenzing Tagi, CDPO (HQs) and staff of District Child Protection Unit, Yupia.

Besides interacting with the children of the Child Care Institutions (CCI), the Central team also visited the infants of SAA and expressed satisfaction over the facilities being provided.

They praised Ratan Anya, chairperson OWA for her efforts and assured guidance and all possible support to strengthen the SAA in the State. Thereafter, the team paid visit to the CCI run by Missionaries of Charity and inspected its functioning, and also interacted with the children. In an interactive session was held with District Child Protection Officer, staff of District Child Protection Unit, NGOs running CCIs and CWC members for promoting adoption as per provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015. The team also called on Women and Child Development Minister Nabam Rebia and Commissioner WCD.

Why This Campaign

We are failing to protect the most vulnerable children in India. The number of abandoned and orphaned children range from 25 Million to 30 Million. Yet the number of children in child care institutions (aka shelters) range from 0.25 to 0.5 Million. Out of these, the number of children available for adoption at any point is fewer than 2000.

Why is there no reconciliation for the wide chasm between 30,000,000 and 2000?

Are the children being trafficked for inhumane and illicit purposes? Are they languishing in shelters that are not even registered or not linked to adoption agencies? Why are the millions of children who we see on streets, labouring in restaurants, carrying out chores in unorganised sector not on the rolls of child care institutions or adoption agencies?

Depending on who you ask, people will give you complex answers. But here is the thing — there are clear, concrete, fixable issues that can be addressed and have been brought to light several times by the media, Supreme Court, and even the central government. Yet there is no difference made to the horrific statistics on vulnerable children.

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A case had been registered based on the complaint filed by the family members of one of the girls, and an investigation has started.

Two girls aged, 11 and 12 years, were allegedly raped by two persons, one of them a minor. According to police one of the girls passed away late on Wednesday night. According to Maharashtra police, the incident took place on two occasions between September 11 and 18.

One of the perpetrators, a 22-year-old has been arrested. The other, a 17-year-old, has been detained, a senior police officer said. He added that a case had been registered based on the complaint filed by the family members of one of the girls, and an investigation has started.

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Church fights to release priest, nun jailed in India

Indian police gather on July 4 outside the premises of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity where a staff member and a nun worked before their arrest on child trafficking charges in Ranchi in India's Jharkhand state. (Photo by AFP)

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September 14, 2018