More single mothers in Town; wait is longer after covid-19 Only 11% healthy young kids up for adoption, 50% special needs kids
More single mothers in Town; wait is longer after covid-19
Only 11% healthy young kids up for adoption, 50% special needs kids
Covid-19 outbreak hit adoptions in the country, delayed processes and left many parents waiting. However, a new trend evolving in the country is of single mothers.
More and more single women are now looking forward to becoming mothers through adoption, as noted by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) authorities in Indore and shown in government data.
The data from CARA disclosing adoptions in India showed that the number of applications from single women went up to 589 in 2018-2019 from 495 in 2017-2018.
Further, over 510 single women had applied in 2019-20.
Most kids from special-needs category, 11% healthy
There are about 1,883 children in the CARA pool, as shared by Asha Singh, CARA representative, Indore. However, about half of them, i.e. over 900 children are from the special needs category.
This means such kids require special medical supervision and are often facing a major health challenge.
Being a single mom is already tough, so like most other parents, they generally seek children from the category of healthy children, below two years.
This in numbers just accounts for only 11% of children.
The waiting period: 2+ years
Most parents have to wait for two to three years on average to get a child from the healthy category of kids under two years. Though the special needs category has more kids, even there, the process is longer and generally takes about a year and more to get the kid.
“Due to covid-19 outbreak, we got a lot of applications for adoptions, but for a little while, the process was delayed,” Singh said. She added that the process is national and long.
“Covid-19 outbreak had affected functioning and even crippled the entire system in some parts of the country, so it was tougher,” Singh said. She added that many kids, especially the ones with special-needs , were also abandoned by their parents at the same time.
Motherhood completes a woman, they say
Many young women in their late 20s and early 30s have sought to adopt babies. “I think being a woman, we are born with a heart full of life and a child, who needs the same is a perfect equation,” a mathematics teacher Kiran Sharma said.
She added that caring for a child is more therapeutic than we often realise. A single mother Apoorva M said, “I am a single mother of a beautiful boy and I motivate other women to adopt, and a friend of mine has recently applied for adoption.”
She added that being a single mom completes a woman much more than even a relationship. “Relationships are tougher nowadays, because women are expected to still be suppressed by in-laws or mismatched opinions, so it is better to be a mom and save a life,” Apoorva said.
“My idea is simple, I am ready to be a mom and if the right guy comes along, he could be a father to my child too,” Jinsha Kamra, a marketing professional, said.
Adoption Statistics
Only 11% healthy young kids up for adoption, 50% special needs kids
Covid-19 outbreak hit adoptions in the country, delayed processes and left many parents waiting. However, a new trend evolving in the country is of single mothers.
More and more single women are now looking forward to becoming mothers through adoption, as noted by Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) authorities in Indore and shown in government data.
The data from CARA disclosing adoptions in India showed that the number of applications from single women went up to 589 in 2018-2019 from 495 in 2017-2018.
Further, over 510 single women had applied in 2019-20.
Most kids from special-needs category, 11% healthy
There are about 1,883 children in the CARA pool, as shared by Asha Singh, CARA representative, Indore. However, about half of them, i.e. over 900 children are from the special needs category.
This means such kids require special medical supervision and are often facing a major health challenge.
Being a single mom is already tough, so like most other parents, they generally seek children from the category of healthy children, below two years.
This in numbers just accounts for only 11% of children.
The waiting period: 2+ years
Most parents have to wait for two to three years on average to get a child from the healthy category of kids under two years. Though the special needs category has more kids, even there, the process is longer and generally takes about a year and more to get the kid.
“Due to covid-19 outbreak, we got a lot of applications for adoptions, but for a little while, the process was delayed,” Singh said. She added that the process is national and long.
“Covid-19 outbreak had affected functioning and even crippled the entire system in some parts of the country, so it was tougher,” Singh said. She added that many kids, especially the ones with special-needs , were also abandoned by their parents at the same time.
Motherhood completes a woman, they say
Many young women in their late 20s and early 30s have sought to adopt babies. “I think being a woman, we are born with a heart full of life and a child, who needs the same is a perfect equation,” a mathematics teacher Kiran Sharma said.
She added that caring for a child is more therapeutic than we often realise. A single mother Apoorva M said, “I am a single mother of a beautiful boy and I motivate other women to adopt, and a friend of mine has recently applied for adoption.”
She added that being a single mom completes a woman much more than even a relationship. “Relationships are tougher nowadays, because women are expected to still be suppressed by in-laws or mismatched opinions, so it is better to be a mom and save a life,” Apoorva said.
“My idea is simple, I am ready to be a mom and if the right guy comes along, he could be a father to my child too,” Jinsha Kamra, a marketing professional, said.
Adoption Statistics
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Year |
In-country Adoption |
Inter-country Adoption |
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2010 |
5693 |
628 |
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2011 (Jan'11 to March'12) |
5964 |
629 |
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2012-2013 (April'12 to March'13) |
4694 |
308 |
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2013-2014 (April'13 to March'14) |
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2014-2015 ( April'14 to March'15) |
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2015-2016 (April'15 to March'16) |
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2016-2017 (April'16 to March'17) |
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2017-2018 (April'17 to March'18) |
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2018-2019 (April'18 to March'19) |
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2019-2020 (April'19 to March'20) |
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2020-2021 (April'20 to March'21) |