Child adoption process being further simplified

The Government is making all efforts to facilitate the child adoption process both on legal as well as social front. The Minister of Women and Child Development Smt. Krishna Tirath stated in Lok Sabha in reply to a question that to facilitate adoption and ensure transparency in the process, Government, in February, 2011 launched a web based management system, Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS) which provides information on children available for adoption and also details of prospective adoptive parents waiting to adopt. The Minister further stated that selected information would be available in the public domain. The system also provides facility for on-line registration and status tracking to Prospective Adoptive Parents. It also provides information to the parents on the number of adoptable children available in each agency.