CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY (CARA)

About: 

• Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) is the nodal body for adoption of Indian children. 
  
  
• It regulates in-country and inter-country adoptions (in accordance with the provisions of The Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption, 1993, ratified by Government of India in 2003). 
  
  
• Status: It is an autonomous body of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development.
  
  
• The mandatory registration of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and linking to CARA has been provided in Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.