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ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Alo Libang on Wednesday urged prospective adoptive parents to take recourse to legal adoption means to adopt children. Speaking during the ongoing celebration of national adoption awareness month at Banquet Hall here, the ministers appreciated the WCD department for holding the awareness campaigns throughout the districts of the state since November 1. Libang directed the department to leave no stone unturned in spreading awareness about legal adoption in every nook and corner of the state. On the occasion, two short videos on ‘Adoption and its Punitive Provisions’ with the objective of promoting adoption and making people aware of legal adoption were released by Libang.
The awareness campaign had been organized by the state WCD department in collaboration with the Central Adoption Research Authority (CARA), New Delhi, with the theme ‘Adoptive Parents and Prospective Adoptive Parents Meet’, to create awareness on legal adoption with special emphasis on adoption of older children, in accordance with the sub-theme of ‘adoption of older children’. Informing that the national adoption month is celebrated in November every year, WCD Director T. P. Loyi said that awareness of legal adoption is very important and vital for prospective adoptive parents. “The department has developed two short videos for awareness purposes, which will also be disseminated to all the districts soon. I appeal to the participants to create awareness about legal adoption and to avoid illegal adoption, which is punishable,” she said. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) deputy director C Tangjang, who is also the nodal officer of Mission Vatsalya, briefed the activities undertaken by the WCD department during the month-long celebration at state and district levels.
A senior professional from the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), Nidhi Kataria, presented a PowerPoint presentation on Adoption Regulations 2022, with a special focus on the changes in the guidelines. Kataria informed that this year the main focus was ‘Adoption of Older Children’ and urged us to encourage and emphasise more on foster adoption of older children. Kataria further stressed the importance of providing counselling to prospective adoptive parents and strictly following the rules and regulations related to adoption.
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