India

Country Code: IN
Area: 1,967,518 sq mi (3,166,414km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 4,156 Billion Dollar
Population: 1,200,000,000

Intercountry adoption facts

Hague status: Ratified

Residency requirements:
The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) does not have any residency requirement. However, some Recognized Indian Placement Agencies (RIPAs) may ask the PAPs to reside with the child for seven days in India cumulative from the time of identifying the child to the time of departure from India.

Age requirements:
PAPs should be at least 30 and no more than 55 years of age. Married couples must have a combined age of 90 years or less. These provisions may be relaxed in exceptional cases, such as the adoption of older children, sibling groups and children with special needs. However, in no case should the age of any one of the PAPs exceed 55 years. Single parents up to age 45 can adopt. PAPs should be at least 21 years older than the child.

Marriage requirement:
A married couple that has been in a stable relationship for at least 5 years. Single persons (never married, widowed, divorced) up to 45 years can also adopt.

Income requirement:
There are no income requirements for intercountry adoptions from India.

Other requirement:

The financial status and health of PAPs should be discussed in the Home Study Report.
A second adoption from India will be considered only when the legal adoption of the first child is completed, except in the case of siblings adopted at the same time.
Same sex couples are not eligible to adopt.

Country related organizations and persons

Organization	Link	Country	From	To
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA)	Central authority of	India
Congressional trip to India	had as destination	India

Agencies operating in India

Organization	From	To
Across the World Adoptions
Adopsjonsforum
Alliance for Children, Inc. (MA)
AMARNA
Americans for International Aid and Adoption (AIAA)
Attorney-General's Department, International Family Law Branch, Australia
Bal Jagat, Children's World inc.
Bay Area Adoption Services
Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS)
Children's Hope International (CHI)	1997-00-00
Dillon International, Inc.
Enfants de l'Espoir
Enfants du Monde (France)
Enfants Espoir du Monde
European Adoption Consultants (EAC)
Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA)
Families Thru International Adoption (FTIA)
Holt International Children's Services
Holy Cross Child Placement Agency, Inc.		2010-06-01
Illien Adoptions International, Inc.
International Christian Adoptions
International Families, Inc. (IFI)
Kuan-Yin Foundation
L'Agence Française d'Adoption (AFA)
Les Enfants de l'Esperance
MAPS (Maine Adoption Placement Services)
Oeuvre de l'Adoption Comite de Marseille
Rayon de Soleil de l'Enfant Etranger
The Barker Foundation
Verdens Barn - Children of the World
Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC)

Agencies placing children from India

Organization	From	To
Adoption Alliance (CO)
Adoption Horizons (CA)
Catholic Charities of Baltimore
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
Heartsent Adoptions, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois	2006-07-01	2007-06-30
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois	2007-07-01	2008-06-30
Partners for Adoption
Sunny Ridge Family Center

People who adopted from India

Organization	From	To
Anna Belle Illien	1980-01-01

Organizations based in India:

Adoption Agency

Organization	State/Province	City
Ashraya	Karnataka	Bangalore
Bal Vihar
Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK)		Pune
Christ Faith Home for Children		Chennai
Indian Council for Social Welfare		Hyderabad
Malaysian Social Services (MSS)		Chennai
Mother's Hope, India		Dimapur - Nagaland
Preet Mandir	Maharashtra	Pune
St. Theresa's Tender Loving Care Home		Hyderabad

Adoption Facilitator

Organization	State/Province	City
Vathsalya Charitable Trust	Karnataka	Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore

Foundation

Organization	State/Province	City
Good Samaritan Evangelical Social Welfare		Satyavedu
John Abraham Memorial Bethany Home (JAMBH)	Andhra Pradesh	Hyberadad

Governmental Organization

Organization	State/Province	City
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA)		New Delhi

Medical Clinic

Organization	State/Province	City
Akanksha infertility and IVF clinic "KAIVAL HOSPITAL"		Anand

Orphanage

Organization	State/Province	City
Action for Social Development	Andhra Pradesh
Bal Anand (World Children Welfare Trust India)		Mumbai
Bapuji Children’s Home	Karnataka	Mysore
International Mission of Hope, India (IMH)		Calcutta
Karna Prayag	Tamil Nadu	Chennai
Madras Social Service Guild - MASOS GUILD		Chennai
Peace Home		Kalapatti
Peace Society: Poor Economy and Children's Education Society	Tamil Nadu	(NORTH) COIMBATORE
Precious Moments	Andhra Pradesh	Miyapur
Sahyog		Rourkela
Sishu Sadan		Choudwar, Orissa

Cases:

Abuse cases

Organization	Province	City
Girl adopted by Rajesh Sengar and Bebi Sengar	Madhya Pradesh	Indore

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
India - misc Child trafficking cases	1995-01-01
India - Ashwini and Komal, Satara case	2005-01-01
India - Bhagya and Manjula case	1998-11-01
India - Malaysian Social Services case	2008-08-23
India - Preet Mandir case	1999-01-01
India - Sabila and Akil case	2006-03-01
India - Satheesh Kumar ("Rahul") case	1999-10-01
India - St Theresa's Tender Loving Care & Priyamvada, 3 yr old from St Theresa's TLC	2004-04-02
India - Subash (aka Ashraf) son of Sivagama and Nageshwar Rao case	1999-02-08
India - Zabeen (aka Suji) daughter of Fatima and Sali case	2000-01-01

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
United States of America	500	542	453	473	406	323	319	411	308	297	243	228	159
Italy	20	145	102	121	102	136	136	142	142	132	123	148	64
Spain	190	129	109	100	117	43	79	103	32	29	15	35
Canada	79	113	127	70	37	41	36	45	54	59	55
Sweden	71	75	60	37	46	44	38	56	51	37	33	23
Denmark	169	115	93	65	100	65	30	37	16	24
Germany	93	45	42	38	23	34	25	32	35	28	9	13
Australia	37	40	40	33	29	31	34	25	27	12	22	19	8
Switzerland	68	61	42	80	51	25	37	38	18
Norway	49	40	37	28	27	23	17	17	15	12	12	17
France	41	44	23	23	13	20	14	25		18	21	19
United Kingdom	14	19	24	24	26	32	23	37	28
Belgium		45	28	27	29	23	28	6	6	6	15
Netherlands		53	34	21	29	24	15	16	5	9		1
Finland	2	8	6	4	8	16	9	5	4	6	7	9
Iceland	12	26	8	7	7	2	2			4	1	1
Austria						2	1	8	7	4
Ireland	3		1	2	4	3	3	3
Luxembourg									2	3
New Zealand								1	2	1
Malta							1
Total	1348	1500	1229	1153	1054	887	847	1007	752	681	556	513	231

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Guardians get time in adoption case of orphan children in Mysore	2013-11-09
India Partially Lifts Suspension on Acceptance of New Adoption Applications	2013-03-28
Bombay high court: Let one agency monitor adoptions	2010-07-30
Pune Preet Mandir's licence suspended	2010-06-18
Maharashtra officials linked to adoption scam: CBI	2010-05-18
Agencies need to check on kids adopted by foreigners: High court	2010-01-31
'Kids up for adoption need psychiatric screening'	2009-10-10
LSG adoptions raise stink	2009-07-06
Current India to Australia Program	2008-09-01
Judi Kloper intro	2000-01-14
IN CALCUTTA MOTHER TERESA LEFT BEHIND, MANY TOIL AGAINST HEAVY ODDS	1997-09-11
Do-it-yourself foreign adoption: agony, ecstasy	1987-10-18
The Childrens Act 1960	1985-08-01
Preet Mandir adoption racket: NGO to approach HC to expedite case

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