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Shillong hosts regional conference on child adoption guidelines
Shillong, Apr 18 (IBNS) Union Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the One Day Regional Conference with North Eastern States on issues relating to Child Adoption, in Shillong on Monday .
Ministers In-charge of Social Welfare and Women & Child Development in the North Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura will participate in the conference.
About 400 delegates are expected to attend the Conference, including stakeholders from the State Adoption Resource Agencies (SARAs), District Child Protection Units (DCPUs), Child Welfare Committees (CWCs), Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) and Child Care Institutions (CCIs) in the North Eastern States, besides the senior officers from the Ministry of Women & Child Development, Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) and the concerned department of the state governments in the region.
One of the key points of the Conference is to acquaint the stakeholders about the provisions of Adoption Guidelines - 2015 as well as the online adoption process through Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS).
One of the key points of the Conference is to acquaint the stakeholders about the provisions of Adoption Guidelines - 2015 as well as the online adoption process through Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (CARINGS).
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development issued revised the Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children 2015, which became effective from August 2015. The 2015 Guidelines issued by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) replaced the 2011 Adoption Guidelines.
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