Girls emerge as preferred choice for adoption
NEW DELHI
PTI
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Girls are the preferred choice for people opting for adoption in comparison to male children in the country, even as the government struggles to improve skewed sex-ratio.In the past three years, 7,439 girls were taken up for adoption as against 5,167 boys. According to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, 2,846 girls were adopted in 2012-13 against 1,848 boys. In 2013-14, it was 2,293 girls and 1,631 boys. Year 2014-15 saw 2,300 girls finding home, while 1,688 boys were adopted. “There has been an increase in the demand for girl child for adoptions. It is very encouraging to know that more and more people are coming to adopt girls,” a senior official of Central Adoption Resource Authority said.
The number of children with disabilities or special needs placed in inter-country adoption was 170, 242 and 214 during 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively.
According to the revised adoption guidelines that came into effect from August 1, 2015, the process was brought under a new system called `CARINGS', bringing all child-care institutions of the country on one platform.
The Ministry also recently relaxed rules for adoption for certain categories of parents including those who have lost their child to sickness or accident and those want to adopt children with special needs.
However, child sex ratio, which shows the number of girls per 1000 boys between the ages 0-6, is 918 according to 2011 census. Officials said the Centre's Beti Bacho Beti Padhao initiative has shown significant improvement in many states.
The number of children with disabilities or special needs placed in inter-country adoption was 170, 242 and 214 during 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively.
According to the revised adoption guidelines that came into effect from August 1, 2015, the process was brought under a new system called `CARINGS', bringing all child-care institutions of the country on one platform.
The Ministry also recently relaxed rules for adoption for certain categories of parents including those who have lost their child to sickness or accident and those want to adopt children with special needs.
However, child sex ratio, which shows the number of girls per 1000 boys between the ages 0-6, is 918 according to 2011 census. Officials said the Centre's Beti Bacho Beti Padhao initiative has shown significant improvement in many states.
Source: Mumbai Mirror, 11-01-2016
