As many as 86 orphan children were adopted by equal numbers of foreign parents from Odisha through the Specialised Adoption Agencies during the last three years from 2015 and 2017.
Women and Child Development Minister Prafulla Samal informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MlA Dr Raseshwari Panigrahi.
While 33 children were adopted by foreign parents in 2015, 24 and 29 kids adopted in the following two years, respectively.
The Minister stated that Central officers and concerned departments keep touch with concerned parents and file online reports on caring of the adopted children for two years as per the Adoption Regulations, 2017.