CARA team meets Nemcha Kipgen on effective promotion of legal adoption
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR

Imphal, December 09 2017: A team of Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), which is a statutory body of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India met Social Welfare and Cooperation Minister Nemcha Kipgen at her Office Chamber at New Secretariat, Imphal today to discuss about effective promotion of legal adoption in Manipur .

The visiting team of CARA include, amongst others, M Ramachandra Reddy, chairman, CARA, Dr Gund-lapally Sreenu, OSD to chair- man, RK Pramodini, member, Adoption Committee, CARA, and Annie Mangsa-tabam, member, Adoption Committee, CARA .

Appreciating the visiting team for highlighting concerns and issues regarding child adoption in Manipur, Nemcha Kipgen said that as a concerned minister as well as the lone woman minister in the cabinet, she deeply felt connected when it comes to the welfare of children and the downtrodden .

She added that children should be in safe hands while assuring the team that she would be do everything she can from her side as well as from that of the Government .

She also urged the team to initiate the opening of the offices in the seven newly created districts in Manipur so that children from every nook and corner will not be deprived of their basic rights .

The minister also assured that all the stakeholders such as the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) will soon be placed at the same office venue .

Nemcha said she felt privileged to interact with the team and lauded Maneka Gandhi, Union Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development for initiating such a purposeful and progressive meeting for the welfare of the children of our state .

It may be mentioned that CARA is designated as the central authority to deal with inter-country adoptions in accordance with the provisions of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption, 1993, ratified by the Government of India in 2003 .

It primarily deals with adoption of orphans, abandoned and surrendered children through its associated or recognised adoption agencies.

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