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Madhya Pradesh records historic high adoptions in 2025-26, girls form majority
✍️ The Times of India
🗓 19 Sep 2026, 08:31 AM
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The Madhya Pradesh government said adoptions in the 2025‑26 fiscal year hit a historic high, with girls making up the larger proportion of children placed.
Madhya Pradesh’s social welfare department announced that the 2025-26 financial year saw the highest number of child adoptions ever recorded in the state. The data, released in a press statement, indicates a steady upward trend compared with previous years, reflecting the impact of recent awareness campaigns and streamlined procedures.
Officials highlighted that girls constituted a larger share of the adoptions, narrowing the gender gap that has traditionally existed in child placement. The department attributed this shift to targeted outreach programs encouraging families to adopt girl children and to the implementation of incentives under state adoption schemes.
The record figures are expected to bolster the state’s commitment to child welfare and align with national objectives of promoting adoption as a viable alternative to institutional care. Authorities plan to continue monitoring the trend and to expand support mechanisms for adoptive families.
Officials highlighted that girls constituted a larger share of the adoptions, narrowing the gender gap that has traditionally existed in child placement. The department attributed this shift to targeted outreach programs encouraging families to adopt girl children and to the implementation of incentives under state adoption schemes.
The record figures are expected to bolster the state’s commitment to child welfare and align with national objectives of promoting adoption as a viable alternative to institutional care. Authorities plan to continue monitoring the trend and to expand support mechanisms for adoptive families.