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
Congressional trip to India	had as destination	India
Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA)	Central authority of	India

Agencies operating in India

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

Agencies placing children from India

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

People who adopted from India

Organization	From	To
Anna Belle Illien	1980-01-01

Organizations based in India:

Adoption Agency

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

Adoption Facilitator

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

Foundation

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

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

Cases:

Abuse cases

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

Child trafficking cases

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

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

Country from	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
United States of America	500	542	453	473	406	323	319	411	308	297	243	228	159	119	136	138	194
Italy	20	145	102	121	102	136	136	142	142	132	123	148	64	76	100	86
Spain	190	129	109	100	117	43	79	103	32	29	15	35	7	18
Canada	79	113	127	70	37	41	36	45	44	52	46	44	36	44	36
Sweden	71	75	60	37	46	44	38	56	51	37	33	23	19	2	2
Denmark	169	115	93	65	100	65	30	37	16	24	10	7	9	3
Switzerland	68	61	42	80	51	25	37	38	18	22	20	23	19	6
Germany	93	45	42	38	23	34	25	32	35	28	9	13	12	9
Australia	37	40	40	33	29	31	34	25	27	12	22	19	8	3
France	41	44	23	23	13	20	14	25		18	21	19	14	20	13	9	31
Norway	49	40	37	28	27	23	17	17	15	12	12	17	10	5
Belgium		45	28	27	29	23	28	6	6	6	15	5	4	5	4
United Kingdom	14	19	24	24	26	32	23	37	28
Netherlands	64	53	34	21	29	24	15	16	5	9		1					2
Finland	2	8	6	4	8	16	9	5	4	6	7	9	9	7
Iceland	12	26	8	7	7	2	2			4	1	1
Ireland	3		1	2	4	3	3	3					10	10
Austria						2	1	8	7	4
New Zealand								1	2	1	3	2	2		3
Luxembourg									2	3	1	2
Malta							1
Israel						1
Monaco														1
Total	1412	1500	1229	1153	1054	888	847	1007	742	696	581	596	382	328	294	233	227

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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