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PUNE: Maharashtra clinched the rod presumption successful India with 849 inter-country and home adoptions successful the past fiscal twelvemonth - accounting for astir 20% of the full number and a 38% surge from the state's erstwhile fiscal's tally of 522.Across India, 4,515 children recovered families - the highest fig successful implicit a decennary - portion implicit 36,000 prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) are connected the waiting database astatine present, hoping to follow 1 of conscionable 2,749 children legally available, according to information from Central Adoption Resource Authority (Cara). Of these, 1,808 are categorised arsenic special-needs children.Of the 4,515 adoptions, 4,155 children recovered families wrong the state portion 360 were international/inter-country adoptions. Maharashtra, wherever the home adoption number was 790, was followed by Tamil Nadu (438) and West Bengal (297). In planetary adoptions, Maharashtra led with a tally of 59, followed by Punjab (41) and Bengal (31).The mean waiting clip for PAPs is three-and-a-half years. Most PAPs question girls and those aged 0-2 years, leaving older children and those with peculiar needs under-placed. As galore arsenic 2,554 children adopted successful FY 2024-25 were girls, accounting for 56% of each adoptions successful India."One crushed is, much girls are fixed up than boys, making them disposable for adoption," said Vinita Bhargava, formerly with Cara arsenic its laminitis member.
A elder women and kid improvement (WCD) dept authoritative said, "Some parents judge girls are much caring and affectionate, and are much apt to look aft their parents successful aged age. Some consciousness girls accommodate much easy to household life. Social consciousness and azygous women often preferring to follow girls are different reasons."Many PAPs judge it is easier to physique affectional connections with infants and younger children.
The authoritative said, "For some, adopting younger children provides greater scope to signifier their values, property and upbringing. Others privation to acquisition the full parenting travel - from infancy to adulthood."For older children, adoptions go trickier. "Children supra 7 are harder to place, though galore older children are legally escaped and waiting," said societal idiosyncratic Jayprakash Jadhav from Arun Ashray Charitable Trust, a specialised adoption bureau registered with Cara. For children with peculiar needs, challenges increase. According to a WCD ministry report, lone 364 kids with peculiar needs were reserved for adoption successful 2024.
The WCD authoritative said, "Adopting older children and those with peculiar needs whitethorn impact challenges similar attachment issues, behavioural concerns oregon definite aesculapian requirements."
