172 New Posts to Strengthen Adoption Infrastructure for Destitute and Orphaned Children
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 6:
To simplify the process of child adoption, the Punjab Government is establishing adoption agencies in every district of the state and creating 172 new posts to strengthen the infrastructure for the adoption of destitute and orphaned children.
While presiding over the state-level training program on Adoption Regulation, 2022, at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute for Public Administration Chandigarh, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur said that the government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is continuously working for the care of orphans. To achieve this objective, the Department of Social Security, Women and Child Development is providing financial assistance of Rs. 26 lakh per year to various non-governmental organizations involved in the adoption process for the welfare and protection of destitute and orphaned children.
She added that more than 300 destitute and orphaned children have been adopted through the department's proper implementation of the child adoption process, giving them a family atmosphere. She instructed all the Additional Deputy Commissioners to ensure that child adoption applications received in the state are processed within the stipulated time.
