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Inspection of specialised adoption agencies. - (1) The State Government concerned shall inspect the child care institution before considering its recognition or renewal to a specialised adoption agency. (2) The State Government concerned or State Adoption Resource Agency shall conduct annual inspections of specialised adoption agencies to ensure that they are performing efficiently and as per norms laid down in these Guidelines and shall take necessary remedial measures, wherever required. (3) The premises of specialised adoption agency including the places where the children are staying and its relevant records shall be open to inspection by the Central Government, Central Adoption Resource Authority, the concerned State Government, State Adoption Resource Agency, Child Welfare Committee and any other agency or person authorised by them. (4) During such inspections, the following shall be scrutinised or examined, namely. - (a) that the agency is discharging its role and performing its functions efficiently as stipulated under these guidelines; ¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3 (ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 79 (b) that adoption, is being pursued by the organization as a welfare activity in the interest of children, and not as a commercial activity; (c) total number and details of children actually placed in in-country and inter-country adoption; (d) records pertaining to adoptions of children (starting from their admission up to the legal adoption decree and follow up progress) as well as related registers; (e) whether expeditious and sufficient efforts have been made by the specialised adoption agency to place children in adoption; (f) whether the agency is maintaining the seniority list of the prospective adoptive parents and following the roster as per the seniority list; (g) whether the agency has submitted annual reports, audited statements of accounts and monthly reports to the State Government concerned or State Adoption Resource Agency, and the monthly adoption data to State Adoption Resource Agency or the State Government concerned and Central Adoption Resource Authority regularly and within stipulated time; (h) whether the specialised adoption agency is regularly updating data and reports in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System on time; (i) whether the specialised adoption agency is maintaining and providing quality child care facilities in the institution as stipulated under these Guidelines and the minimum standards of child care shall be as specified in Schedule- 12; (j) financial records including contributions to and utilisation of child care corpus; and (k) whether there is any instance of malpractice against the specialised adoption agency .