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Jul 24, 2025 32 min

Should India relax its adoption procedures?

from Parley by The Hindu Hosted by TheHindu

By analysing data from the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), The Hindu data team recently found that for every child free for adoption in India, 13 parents wait in line. The Supreme Court has directed CARA to take measures to streamline and expedite the adoption process. Should India relax its adoption procedure? Here we discuss the question. Guests: Aloma Lobo, adoptive parent, a former chairperson of CARA, and an adoption counsellor; Smriti Gupta, adoptive parent. She runs an NGO called ‘Where Are India’s Children?’, which supports efforts to bring eligible children into the adoption pool Host: Priscilla Jebaraj Edited by: Sharmada Venkatasubramanian You can now find The Hindu’s podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. Search for Parley by The Hindu. Write to us with comments and feedback at [email protected]

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