Foster Care India commissioned the Centre for Law and Policy Research in 2013 to undertake a policy review of the legal framework of foster care, with one project focusing on Rajasthan and another, for India. This paper is being published to share the findings of CLPR’s review and to stimulate debate and further research on this topic. Based on an analysis of the current provisions of foster care in India, along with the rules and schemes on foster care framed by states in India, more specifically in Delhi and Goa, it makes recommendations to fill the gaps and shortcomings so as to move towards a comprehensive legal framework for foster care. It also includes analyses of the best practices of foreign jurisdiction to support the recommendations.
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