The Supreme Court of India has "directed the Centre, state governments and union territories to complete the registration of all child care institutions by the year-end," according to this article from the Hindustan Times.

This article from Business Standard highlights a revent statement from the Supreme Court of India encouraging state governments and union territory administrations to consider the use of altnerative care options, such as adoption and fos

This report starts to collate evidence on what appears to be important to children who have experienced sexual exploitation.

This study explored the extent to which components of quality of care predicted psychosocial well-being of orphaned and separated children (OSC), as well as the extent to which these components of quality of care and demographic factors moderated the associations between care settings and psychosocial well-being of orphaned and separated children (OSC).

This news article describes the plight of India's missing children, focusing on efforts to end child trafficking in the country. 

This cross-sectional descriptive study found that poverty is the main reason children stay and work on the street.  

This report presents the findings from a study that aimed to explore the application in practice of the ‘necessity principle’ from the Guidelines on Alternative Care for Children (UN, 2009) by using three quantitative and three qualitative indicators that provide information about whether children and families have received support to the fullest extent possible before a child ends up outside of parental care arrangements in formal or informal care, or living alone. 

Under new project DCPU aims to place 100 children into foster care.

Article from IndiaToday reports West Bengal plans to determine the number of street children living within the state.

This study investigated the psychosocial distress and coping mechanisms of institutionalized children living in New Delhi, India.