India - Adoption - Guidelines for Adoption of an Indian Children

India Guidelines for Child Adoption

Agencies to Maintain Accounts

5.7 (i) Every agency shall maintain proper accounts to be audited by a Chartered Accountant every year.

(ii) A Photostatted copy of audited accounts together with audit report shall be furnished by every agency within one month from the date accounts have been audited by the Chartered Accountant, to the Social Welfare Department of the State Government concerned and to the CARA.

(iii) A Photostatted copy of the FCRA accounts submitted to the Home Ministry should be furnished to CARA together with the audited accounts, by the agency.

Application to be processed only by Recognized Agencies

5.8 An application for declaring a foreigner or an Indian to be the guardian of an Indian child as a prelude to adoption in a foreign country shall be processed only by a recognized Indian agency after following the procedure set out in these Guidelines.

Application to be sponsored by Enlisted Foreign Agencies

5.9 A recognized Indian agency may submit an application of a foreign adoptive parent to an Indian court for awarding the guardianship of an Indian child to a foreigner provided the application of such foreigner has been forwarded by a foreign voluntary agency enlisted by the Government of India and the application is made in accordance with these guidelines. However, if there is an agency owned or operated by the Government in a foreign country, the foreign adoptive parents can approach a recognized Indian agency in India through such agency operated or owned by the foreign Government.

Indian Agencies Recognized to Deal with Enlisted Agencies Abroad

5. 10 No recognized Indian agency shall entertain any application directly for adoption of an Indian child from a foreigner or sponsored by a foreign enlisted agency unless the prescribed documents alongwith the application are cleared by CARA.

Inspection of Agencies

5.11 The premises of the recognized Indian agencies including their children homes, and their records shall open to inspection by officials of the CARA and/or official of the State Government at any time.