The wait to adopt a child got longer amid pandemic

Rupsa Chakraborty - The Hindustan Times

"The outbreak of the pandemic in March had brought the adoption process to a standstill for several reasons – lack of information, closure of courts and fear of contracting the infection," says this article from the Hindustan Times. According to the article, adoptions resumed in June 2020, "since then, 437 children have been adopted domestically and internationally in the state."