The Department of Social Defense has placed 27 children in foster care in the state of Tamil Nadu after a gap of nearly six years, according to this article from the Times of India. This is the highest number of children than have been placed into foster care in a given year, according to the article, and also includes children placed in kinship care (the first time this option has been considered by the Department). The article also credits an awareness-raising campaign for the rise in the number of families coming forward to foster a child.
