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Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is an autonomous and statutory body of Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Government of India. [1] It was set up in 1990. It is a statutory body underJuvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
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Matru Sewa Sangh is an Indian non-profit organisation founded in 1921, by Kamalatai Hospet and Venutai Nene in Nagpur, Maharashtra.It runs a network of sites dedicated to providing health services to the poor, including a maternity hospital, school for mentally retarded, home for the aged, child adoption services, working women's hostel and family counseling center.
The broad mandate of Ministry is to have holistic development of Women and Children. As a nodal Ministry for the advancement of women and children, the Ministry formulates plans, policies and programmes; enacts/ amends legislation, guides and coordinates the efforts of both governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the field of Women and Child Development.
The centre offers its orphans for adoption. It is operated by "Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospitals", a charitable organisation associated with Sassoon Hospital , Pune. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The centre was established on 6 October 1973, the day of Vijayadashami . 2574 of its orphans were legally adopted into families between 1974 and 2009.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005. The Commission works under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development .
An adoption agency is an organization that supports the legal process of placing children with adoptive families. These agencies work to match pregnant women with individuals or couples who wish to adopt. Adoption agencies can be public (run by government agencies) or private (operated by nonprofit or for-profit organizations).
A married woman can only give her consent to adoption by her husband. A married woman whose husband adopts a child is to be considered the mother. [3] If the child is adopted and there are more than one wife living in the household, then the senior wife is classified as the legal mother of the adopted child. [4]