For adoption of orphans and destitute kids as per legal provision, under Integrated Child Protection Scheme, the Women and Child Development Department has established adoption agencies in five district headquarters of the State.
The agencies have been established in Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Raigarh and Ambikapur.
From January 2014 to present, as many as 21 children have been adopted through these agencies, according to an official press release issued here on Thursday.
The Women and Child Development Department officers informed that there are 66 children in these agencies.
They informed that Bilaspur Seva Bharati has been declared as Inland Adoption Agency. In Jagdalpur, Dantewada, Jashpur, Kanker, Kawardha and Mahasamund also, establishing of adoption agencies have been approved.
As per the Adoption Guidelines 2011, a Committee constituted in the agency has the right of power to choose adoptive parents.