In country Adoption of Indian children is governed by In-country Guidelines-2004 while Inter-country Adoption procedure is governed by a set of Guidelines last issued on 14th February’2006. These Guidelines are a follow up of various directions given by the Supreme Court of India in L.K. Pandey Vs. Union of India.

Its mandate is to find a loving and caring family for every orphan/destitute/surrendered child in the country. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) was initially set up in 1990 under the aegis of the Ministry of Welfare in pursuance of Cabinet decision dated 9.5.1990.

The Ministry of Women & Child Development has of late been mandated to look after the subject matters ‘Adoption’ & ‘Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000’ pursuant to 16th Feb. 2006 notification of Govt. of India regarding reallocation of the Business.

Indian children, its principal aim is to promote in-country adoption. In fact, CARA ensures that no Indian child is given for inter-country adoption without him/her having been considered by Indian families residing in India. CARA also provides financial assistance to various NGOs and Government run Homes to promote quality child care to such children and place them in domestic adoption.

Contact
Secretary
Central Adoption Resource Authority
West Block-VIII, Wing-II
R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110 066
Phone No.91-011-26180194
Fax No.91-011-26180198
Email: cara@bol.net.in   More detail...