🔸General public is advised to refrain from encouraging or engaging in such action which is in contravention to legal provisions.
If any child is found to have lost parents to #COVID19 with no one to look after her/him, the child ought to be produced before District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) within 24 hours, excluding journey time.
Information about any child who has lost both the parents to #COVID19 can be shared with CHILDLINE (1098), Toll-free, 24x7, Phone emergency outreach service for children in need of care and protection.
If the child is restored to any kind of kinship care, CWC will continue to check the well-being of the child on regular basis.
Persons wishing to adopt orphan children may approach Central Adoption Resource Authority (cara.nic.in) for lawful adoptions.