- functions as a nodal body for the adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoption.
- designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the Hague Conventions on Inter-Country Adoptions, 1993, ratified by India in 2003.
- deals with adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children through its associated /recognised adoption agencies.
🔥Data - Adoption -
-The total number of children adopted in 2021-22 was only 3,175.
-There were 27,939 prospective parents registered with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) as on December 2021, from nearly 18,000 in 2017.
- the waiting time for adoption had increased to three years from one year, in the past five years.
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