New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday introduced that every one children who’ve been rendered orphan due to COVID-19 will likely be supported beneath the ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme.
“Children represent the future of the country and the country will do everything possible to support and protect the children so that they develop as strong citizens and have a bright future,” Modi mentioned.
The measures have been introduced after a high-level evaluate assembly chaired by PM Modi to talk about and deliberate the steps which may be taken to support children who’ve misplaced their mother and father due to COVID-19 pandemic.
The Prime Minister’s Office in an official assertion introduced a slew of measures to support the children, it says the children will get a month-to-month stipend from PM-CARES fund as soon as they flip 18-years-old and a fund of Rs 10 lakh after they flip 23.
The assertion mentioned that mounted deposits will likely be opened within the names of such children, and the PM-CARES fund will contribute by means of a specifically designed scheme to create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for every of them when she or he reaches 18 years of age.
Other advantages introduced:
* Children to get a month-to-month stipend as soon as they flip 18 and a fund of Rs 10 lakh after they flip 23 from PM CARES
* Free schooling to be ensured for children who misplaced their mother and father to Covid
* The children will likely be assisted to get an schooling mortgage for greater schooling and PM CARES pays curiosity on the mortgage
* The children will get free medical health insurance of Rs 5 lakh beneath Ayushman Bharat till 18 years and premium will likely be paid by PM CARES.
As many as 577 children throughout the nation have been orphaned after their mother and father succumbed to COVID-19, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani had mentioned earlier this week citing stories of states and union territories from April 1 till May 25.
