Maneka Gandhi Order States To Inspect All Child-Care Homes Run By MoC

July 17, 2018 13:37
Maneka Gandhi Order States To Inspect All Child-Care Homes Run By MoC

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Maneka Gandhi Order States To Inspect All Child-Care Homes Run By MoC:- An Indian Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi, has instructed all the States to take on the child-care homes and scrutinize immediately that are run by the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), established by Mother Teresa, after cases of alleged illegal adoptions recently carried out by the homes that came to light.

Gandhi as well directed the States to guarantee that all the child-care institutions (CCIs) within a period of the month were certified and linked to the country's apex adoption body.

According to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, registration of CCIs and their linking with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is obligatory, but few orphanages have challenged the validity of the clause, an official in the Women and Child Development Ministry said.

The Ministry in a statement said: Taking awareness of the cases of alleged illegal adoptions carried out by the MoC in Jharkhand, Gandhi has ordered all the States to get the child-care homes run by the organization examined straightaway.

A shelter home run by the MoC in Ranchi has allegedly been active in "selling" three children and "giving away" another one.

Since December 2017, nearly 2,300 CCIs have been linked to CARA, while about 4,000 more are still pending for linkage.

Gandhi has expressed dissatisfaction over the reality that the children in the 2,300 institutions linked to CARA are yet to be brought under an adoption system.

Around 2,32,937 children are presently under the care of CCIs- both registered and unregistered- in the country, according to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

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