CARA- Central Adoption Resource Authority

Central Adoption Resource AuthorityMinistry of Women & Child DevelopmentGovernment of India

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DISCLAIMER : It is informed that all matters relating to issues concerning Court Orders of In-Country Adoptions, delay in issuance of Birth Certificates etc. must be addressed to the Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) and in case of any difficulty, the concerned State Adoption Resource Agency(SARA) should be contacted. The list of concerned agencies along with contact details of the concerned officers may be found at the following link: http://cara.nic.in/PDF/SARA.pdf

CARA

Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is a statutory body of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India. It functions as the nodal body for adoption of Indian children and is mandated to monitor and regulate in-country and inter-country adoptions. CARA is designated as the Central Authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the provisions of the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption, 1993, ratified by Government of India in 2003.
CARA primarily deals with adoption of orphan, abandoned and surrendered children through its associated /recognised adoption agencies.

New Financial Norms for 03 Days Residential Training Programme Workshope for Social Workes
Three Days Residential Training Workshop for Social Workers of Kerala held at Thiruvananthapuram from 17 July 2019 to 19 July 2019
Walk-in-Interview
Three Days Residential Training for Social Workers of Karnataka held at Bengaluru from 10 July 2019 to 12 July 2019
Vacancies for various post in CARA
Advertisement for various vacant posts on deputation basis on ‘foreign service term’ (including Direct / short term contract) in Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).
Guidelines for Engagement of Contractual/Outsourced Personel in Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).
Registration of cases of Resident Indians(RIs) on change of their habitual place of residence to a foreign country as Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)-reg
CIRCULAR Regarding Issues related to Pending Adoption Order, Birth Certificate & Passport of the adoptive child
OM for Ms. Kavita Bhandari Nomination the member of sub committee of resource persons training
OM for Nomination the member of sub committee of resource persons training
OM for Nomination the member of sub committee of resource persons training
Home Study Report Update/Revalidation
Constitution of Sub-Committe of Resource Person for the trainings for the Social Workers
Revised Financial Norms for Training Programme of CARA
Uploading of document of the child declared legally free for Adoption
Hon'ble Minister, WCD launches a website on 01.08.2018 for accepting online applications for national children awards. The link of website is www.nca-wcd.nic.in
Engagement of Interns at Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), under the Internship program of the Central Adoption Resource Authority, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Any intercountry adoption which has not been disposed off by the court even after 2 hearings of the court may be intimated to CARA by giving details of the Adoption Case Number,date of filing and dates of hearing for intervention on our query and grievance module.

Circular for Appointment of Members of the Steering Committee of Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) under Section 69 the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015

We have suspended the operations of Holt International as we have found the AFAA negligent in the assessment of the adoptive parents and also in the post placement assessment of the family.
Adoption Regulations 2017, effective from 16.01.2017
For any complaints, kindly Register / Login to Query Grievance Portal or call on Toll free no- 1800 111 311 in all working days (9:00 AM to 5:30 PM)
Imp. Note: CARINGS is the only official portal for registration for Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs). Please do not register for adoption on any other web portal. You may access CARINGS through www.cara.nic.in
Passport is normally issued within 10 days of filing of application. In case of delays in issue of passport of adopted child, AFAA/CA may contact the Specialised Adoption Agency (SAA) concerned directly. They may also contact carahdesk.wcd@nic.in or toll free number 1800-111-311.

Upcoming Events

CARA in its efforts to connect with people whose life has been touched by Adoption in any way, invites one and all on 17 September 2019 from 12 PM to 1.30 PM on its Facebook page for live discussion/interaction with CEO CARA on a direct online redressal mechanism through it’s “Live Q&A Session”. If you have any question regarding Adoption please feel free to join…

Guidelines

Process Related to Adoptable Children

Adoption means a legal process that allows someone to become the parent of a child, even though the parent and child are not related by blood. But in every other way, adoptive parents are the child's parents Read More >>
Procedure for
Adoption

Every resident Indian Prospective Adoptive Parent (PAP), who intends to adopt a child, shall register online in Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System by filling up the application form as provided in Schedule-5 and uploading the relevant documentsread Read More >>
Role of
Agencies & Authorities

Various recognised agencies and authorities have been assigned roles to facilitate adoption process as per Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children-2015 Read More >>