India’s Adoption Procedures: Should India Relax?

• CARA data shows 13 parents wait for every child free for adoption.

• Supreme Court orders CARA to streamline adoption process.

• Smriti Gupta argues higher waiting times cause delays.

• Aloma Lobo advocates for procedures to prevent trafficking and improper placements.

• NGO collaborates with State Women and Child Development Department to digitize shelter data.

• Child Welfare Committee determines legal freeness of children for adoption.

• 2020 World Orphan Report estimates 3.1 crore children in India are orphans.

• Concerns about limited availability and cases of illegal removal.

• Need for checks and balances to ensure only eligible children are adopted.

• Demand-supply concept concerns over placement of children over 6 years old.