SRI ANANT ANATH ASHRA, NATHANA IS NOW SPECIALIZED ADOPTION AGENCY
Bathinda, May 11, 2017: District Child Protection Officer Ravneet Kaur Sidhu has informed that Sri Anant Anath Ashram Nathana, for helpless, orphan and abandoned children, is now specialized adoption agency. The Central Adoption Resource Authority, Chandigarh has registered it as per Guidelines and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 under section 56.
With the registration of this ashram, there are now nine registered specialized agencies in state. If anyone finds an abandoned child in district Bathinda he or she can be handed over to the Nathana specialized adoption agency so that the child can be put up for adoption under Juvenile Justice (care and protection) Act 2015 to the needy parents. In this way the helpless child gets a home and the needy childless couple gets a child.
She said that whenever a helpless child is reporter, he or she is presented before Child Welfare Committee. On the orders of this committee, the child id sent to adoption agency. Within 72 hours, the report regarding missing child is given in newspapers and DDR regarding the same is lodged at respective police station. If the child's parents are not found, following procedure is adopted.
Kid between 0 to 5 years, after 60 days of being found, is made legally free to be adopted. Children above 5 years of age individual or siblings are made legally free to be adopted after 30 days. If the child suffers from any mental illness or is handicapped, on the orders of Child Welfare Council he or she is made legally free to be adopted after 15 days.
About adoption procedure, she added that the needy parents will have to get themselves enrolled on website of Central Adoption Agency named www.cara.nic.in. She added that if the needy parents face any problem in registration, they can contact the DCPO office at Room No. 313 M, second floor, Mini Secretariat, Bathinda or contact on phone number 0164-2214480. She added that the total expense of adopting a child was Rs 52, 000. The age slabs for parents and the child to be adopted are as follows:
Age of kid
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Age of parents put together
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individual maximum age of needy parents
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0 to 4 years
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90 years
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45 years
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4 to 8 years
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100 years
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50 years
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8 to 18 years
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110 years
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55 years
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Photos of the entrance and the main office of Shri Anant Anath Ashram, Nathana, Bathinda district