The government informed the Lok Sabha that only five children were adopted in the last two years under new rules after Article 370's amendment. Jammu and Kashmir reported 181 missing children, and across India, 58,546 children were missing. The Mission Vatsalya Scheme rescued and rehabilitated 817 children in Jammu and Kashmir. There were 800 children in Child Care Institutions, and 35 children were booked for drug-related offenses. The Adoption Regulations, 2022, were framed, and CARINGS, an online platform, was developed for adoption processing. Most districts in India have Child Protection Units except for Ladakh.
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The adoption system in Kashmir has undergone a significant change, potentially providing a ray of hope for thousands of childless couples. The adoption process has shifted online, and the post-2019 laws no longer recognize foster care but instead offer children for legal adoption. This transformation offers a legitimate avenue for couples to adopt and become legal parents. The online system simplifies the process and ensures transparency, allowing prospective adoptive parents to register and upload relevant documents. With this change, childless couples in Kashmir now have a more accessible and regulated path to fulfill their desire to become parents.
The recent incident of a child sexual abuse case by a couple (an educated and affluent family) gives rise to many questions, and as a society, no one of us can evade it.
As part of the ‘Adoption Awareness Month' , Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) organised 10 State orientation programmes, ran 200 special social media campaigns, held interactive meets with more than 700 Prospective Adoptive Parents and Adoptive Parents in November ,2022. The key features of the new Adoption Regulations, 2022 notified by the Central Government on…