Lucknow: In yet one more gesture in direction of kids who misplaced their dad and mom because of the Covid pandemic, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has upwardly revised the assistance being given to kids whose guardian’s revenue is under Rs 2 lakh per yr.
“For the legal or natural guardian, the annual income of Rs two lakh limit is very low, hence should be increased,” the chief minister has directed officers.
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According to the federal government spokesman, month-to-month monetary help of Rs 4,000 will probably be given to a baby’s guardian or caretaker, until she or he attains maturity, whereas those that wouldn’t have anybody to take care of them will probably be despatched to little one safety properties.
The chief minister has directed the ladies and little one welfare division to determine such kids on the earliest and be certain that no eligible little one is disadvantaged of this welfare scheme.
Speaking in regards to the Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana, Manoj Rai, Director of Women and Child Welfare stated, “Adequate steps are being taken to identify such children who lost their parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. So far, 300 children have been identified and the work is still in progress.”
Orphans aged as much as 10 years, who wouldn’t have any guardian or prolonged household to handle them, will probably be rehabilitated in 5 Rajkiya Bal Grah (kids’s shelter properties) in Uttar Pradesh.
These shelter properties are in Mathura, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Agra, and Rampur. For the upbringing and schooling of Covid orphans, the chief minister has launched the ‘Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana’.
A free schooling facility will probably be supplied in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya and Atal residential colleges to those kids.
Yogi Adityanath has additionally directed officers to make sure that the schooling of orphaned kids above 18 years of age, shouldn’t be disrupted as a result of monetary causes.
Under the Abhyudaya Yojana of the state authorities, laptops and tablets will probably be supplied to facilitate larger research of such kids. The Yogi Government will even present monetary help of Rs 1,01,000 for the wedding of ladies below the scheme.
