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India Records 5,022 Child Adoptions in 2025-26, Highest in Decade
✍️ TOI India
🗓 27 Jul 2026, 06:07 AM
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India registered 5,022 child adoptions between April 2025 and March 2026, a decade‑high, with domestic adoptions making up 4,603 and international adoptions 419.
India saw a record 5,022 children adopted in the fiscal year 2025-26, the highest number in a decade. Domestic adoptions accounted for 4,603 of the total, while 419 children were adopted from abroad.
Special‑needs adoptions rose by 25%, reaching 392, signalling growing awareness and acceptance of children with disabilities. Adoption of girls also increased by 8%, continuing a positive trend toward gender balance.
Relative and step‑parent adoptions surged by 50%, reflecting a shift toward family‑based care. The data, released by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, underscores the country’s expanding adoption framework and societal support for children in need.
Special‑needs adoptions rose by 25%, reaching 392, signalling growing awareness and acceptance of children with disabilities. Adoption of girls also increased by 8%, continuing a positive trend toward gender balance.
Relative and step‑parent adoptions surged by 50%, reflecting a shift toward family‑based care. The data, released by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, underscores the country’s expanding adoption framework and societal support for children in need.