The paper, Re-imagining the Care Economy: From Private Burden to Social and Economic Infrastructure and co-authored by Shamika Ravi, member...

Asia Healthcare Holdings has appointed Venkatesh Tarakkad as its new Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development. Tarakkad bri...

Despite rising adoption numbers in India, the process remains slow due to high demand and limited available children. Legal complexities, u...

In drought-prone Indian villages, seasonal migration disrupts children's lives, leading to education breaks and emotional strain. UNICEF's ...

The Survey, tabled by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Monday, proposed strategic reforms, including parental leave...

The highest number of child abuse cases at child care institutions (CCIs) and shelter homes were recorded in 2018-19 at 26, followed by 21 ...

The Mission Vatsalya portal will also be used to monitor childcare institutions, the official said, adding all such homes are getting geo-t...

For the longest time, childcare was bucketed under the maternal umbrella and did not warrant organisational interventions.

Adoptive parents who wish to move to a foreign country along with their child within two years of adoption will also be allowed to do so un...

A bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao also ordered all the states to provide '2,000 per month to children sent back to their guardians du...

In Maharashtra, 377 CCIs were closed, the highest among all states and Union Territories, followed by Andhra Pradesh - 78, and Telangana - ...

ET has learnt that Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has mooted a model in which the Centre builds a home for 1,...

This despite the NCPCR and the ministry of women and child development writing to the states to comply with the SC’s orders.

On a query on the number of children available for adoption in 2017-18, it was informed that the figure is 1,991 including 1,322 girls.

Maneka Gandhi also directed states to ensure that all child-care institutions are registered.

The Centre has decided to convert every child-care institution into an adoption agency to make adoption transparent and simplified.

The assistance is quite different from childcare benefits typically provided as it allows employees to determine which daycare service they...