{"id":300458,"date":"2018-07-17T06:48:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T06:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=300458"},"modified":"2018-07-17T06:48:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T06:48:42","slug":"maneka-gandhi-instructs-all-states-to-inspect-child-care-homes-run-by-missionaries-of-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maneka-gandhi-instructs-all-states-to-inspect-child-care-homes-run-by-missionaries-of-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Maneka Gandhi instructs all States to inspect child-care homes run by Missionaries of Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-300459 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/maneka-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/maneka-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/07\/maneka.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/>Union Minister for women and child development, Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday ordered all states to immediately inspect child-care homes run by Mother Teresa&#8217;s Missionaries of Charity across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This comes in the backdrop of the latest accusations of illegal adoption and child trafficking in child care home run by the Charity in Jharkhand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The child care home was allegedly involved in selling three children and giving away the fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Taking cognisance of the recent cases of illegal adoptions carried out by Missionaries of Charity in Jharkhand, the Centre has instructed all states to get child-care homes run by Missionaries of Charity all over the country inspected immediately,&#8221; said by ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gandhi had asked all state governments to ensure that all child-care homes get registered and linked to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the country&#8217;s apex adoption body, within a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, registration and linking of child care homes to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is mandatory<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Approximately 2300, child care homes have been linked to CARA, since December last year, but about 4000 are still pending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHowever, 2300 institutions that have already been linked to CARA are yet to be brought under adoption system\u201d, displeasure expressed by Gandhi in one of her statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThere are 2,32,937 children in all child- care homes both registered and unregistered in the country\u201d according to National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Minister for women and child development, Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday ordered all states to immediately inspect child-care homes run by Mother Teresa&#8217;s Missionaries of Charity across the country. This comes in the backdrop of the latest accusations of illegal adoption and child trafficking in child care home run by the Charity in Jharkhand. 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