NEW DELHI: A child will not have to wait to get adopted if there are more parents who are ready to adopt, women and child development minister Smriti Irani told the Rajya Sabha. She said that more girl children are being adopted in India in the last three years against boys.
Replying to the supplementaries during question hour, the minister said the average time taken to adopt a child through court processes was so lengthy that a minimum of two years was needed by adoptive parents in terms of waiting and to reduce the time gap the ministry has proposed the amendment in the law, as in many cases it took up to 3.5 years.
