WIRE — India saw a record 5,022 children adopted between April 2025 and March 2026. Domestic adoptions accounted for 4,603 children, while inter-country adoptions numbered 419. Special needs children adoption increased by twenty-five percent, reaching 392 last year. Adoptions of girls also rose by eight percent, continuing past trends. Relative and step-parent adoptions saw a significant fifty percent increase.
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