Pune: Last year’s Covid locking months have reduced the total adoption of children in the Indian country to a five-year low of 2020-21, data data on the authority of adoption resources (ways) was revealed.
About 3,351 adoption in the country occurred in 2019-20, which fell to 3,142 at 2020-21.
The Pandemic year also recorded the lowest domestic child adoption rate after 2015-16 (3,011).
The adoption of children in Maharashtra starting April 2020 to March 2021 (157) registered a steep decline compared to the April 2019-March 2020 (538) period, data from the Department of Women and Maharashtra Maharashtra revealed.
Fiscal 20-21 recorded more than 200% of the decrease in domestic adoption in Maharashtra.
Adoption agents and Members of the Steering Committee on how to state that the restrictions on travel between countries imposed during a significant period in 2020 caused numbers throughout the country to fall.