SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

SC asks states, UTs to ensure no breaks in education of children orphaned due to Covid-19

India Today  

The Supreme Court of India has directed the governments of states and union territories to ensure that there is no break in the education of children who have become orphans or lost one parent during the Covid-19 pandemic. During the Supreme Court hearing on June 7, the central government asked the court to provide them with more time to set the modalities of the newly launched scheme “PM CARES for Children”, which was approved by the government last month. PM CARES for Children scheme Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre will provide financial assistance to children who have lost their parents to the Covid-19 pandemic. The NCPCR has also stated that as per the data provided by a different state, around 30,000 children have been orphaned, lost one parent or abandoned due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Treat children with humanity, officials tell care home organisers in A.P.
3 days, 11 hours ago

Treat children with humanity, officials tell care home organisers in A.P.

The Hindu  

Officers of the Juvenile Welfare and Women Development and Child Welfare have asked the heads and staff of Child Care Institutions and the State-run Sishu Gruhas to look after the children staying in the homes with humanity. The Principal Secretary, WD&CW, Senior Citizens and Juvenile Welfare, A. Surya Kumar, who participated in a two-day training programme for Juvenile Welfare Department …

Over half of PM CARES for Children scheme applications for COVID orphans rejected
5 months, 1 week ago

Over half of PM CARES for Children scheme applications for COVID orphans rejected

The Hindu  

About 51% of the applications received under the PM CARES for Children scheme for COVID orphans has been rejected, according to officials. Launched at the peak of COVID-19 cases in India on May 29, 2021, the PM CARES for Children Scheme aims to support children who lost their parents, a legal guardian, adoptive parents, or a surviving parent to the …

Bombay High Court Raps Maharashtra Govt Over Refusal To Extend Reservation For Orphan Students To Abandoned Children
1 year, 9 months ago

Bombay High Court Raps Maharashtra Govt Over Refusal To Extend Reservation For Orphan Students To Abandoned Children

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Maharashtra Government for its refusal to extend the 1% reservation for orphan students in education, to abandoned children as well. “When will this government wake up and realize it is not the only one right and in fact it is mostly wrong?” “I will unabashedly say this, what the …

Rajasthan Asked to Pay Compensation to Children Orphaned by Covid Within 2 Weeks
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan Asked to Pay Compensation to Children Orphaned by Covid Within 2 Weeks

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Rajasthan government to pay compensation to children orphaned by COVID-19 within two weeks. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia also ordered the state government to furnish particulars to the state legal service authority with respect to rejected applications of payment of ex-gratia assistance within two weeks. It asked the …

Panel moots district-level survey to bring more children into adoption
2 years, 4 months ago

Panel moots district-level survey to bring more children into adoption

The Hindu  

In a country with millions of orphans, there are only 2,430 children available for adoption while the number of parents desiring to bring home a child is growing rapidly. A report recently tabled on “Review of Guardianship and Adoption Laws” in Parliament by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice has said, “it is important …

'Will Give More than 10% of My Salary': Gujarat Cop Adopts 100 Children, Promises to Pay for their Education
2 years, 5 months ago

'Will Give More than 10% of My Salary': Gujarat Cop Adopts 100 Children, Promises to Pay for their Education

News 18  

Police Sub-Inspector, Hareshbhai L Jabaliya, has adopted 100 children from government schools in Dhari’s Dayada village in Saurashtra and has constituted a team to take care of these children. Talking about the adoption, the sub-inspector was quoted by News Online Live saying that the principal of the school was very impressed with the idea. Thus, in this way I adopted …

PM Modi to release aid to kids of COVID-19 victims today
2 years, 6 months ago

PM Modi to release aid to kids of COVID-19 victims today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, would launch a new programme of support for children who lost their parents to Covid and be their guardian along with the Central government until each of the beneficiaries reached the age of 23, said Union minister for tourism, culture, and north-eastern states, G. Kishan Reddy. Kishan Reddy said as part of the …

State govts and UTs obliged to ensure children attend school: SC
2 years, 7 months ago

State govts and UTs obliged to ensure children attend school: SC

India Today  

Concerned for students who were forced to drop out of school due to their parents suffering from Covid-19 induced job or livelihood loss, Supreme Court remarked on Monday that all states and union territories are obliged to ensure that children attend schools. NCPCR DIRECTED TO FILE AFFIDAVIT The top court asked the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to …

Report on impact of pandemic on children
2 years, 8 months ago

Report on impact of pandemic on children

The Hindu  

Action Aid Association and Slum Mahila Sanghatane on Tuesday released a study report on the impact of COVID-19 on children’s education in Karnataka after conducting a public hearing last month. “Loss of loved ones, lost livelihood prospects for historically marginalized groups, increased child maltreatment, loss of learning due to schools being shut down for 20 months, increased child marriage, child …

UGC writes to all VCs, asks them to create supernumerary seats for children who lost parents amidst the pandemic
2 years, 8 months ago

UGC writes to all VCs, asks them to create supernumerary seats for children who lost parents amidst the pandemic

India Today  

The University Grants Commission, in a letter, has asked the Vice Chancellors of all universities to create supernumerary sets for students whose parents died due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The UGC further informed that the identified children will be receiving a ‘PM CARES for Children Scheme, 2021’ certificate too. PM CARES FOR CHILDREN SCHEME 2021 The UGC letter to VCs …

UGC asks for supernumerary seats for children who lost parents during covid
2 years, 8 months ago

UGC asks for supernumerary seats for children who lost parents during covid

Live Mint  

The University Grants Commission has written to vice chancellors of all varsities asking them to create supernumerary seats for children who have lost their parents during the Covid pandemic. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced comprehensive support for children who have lost both parents during the COVID pandemic. In view of this, all Higher Education Institutions are advised to create …

Ensure That Children Do Not Escape From Child Care Institutions: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR From Govt
2 years, 9 months ago

Ensure That Children Do Not Escape From Child Care Institutions: Karnataka High Court Seeks ATR From Govt

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to place on record in two weeks, the effective steps that are being taken to ensure that children do not escape from the government run child care institutions. 141 Children Missing From Govt Owned Child Care Institutions: Karnataka High Court Directs State To Produce Investigation Report The plea states missing …

Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: 73 child labourers rescued from factories; children mostly from UP and Bihar

India Today  

A team of a child welfare organisation, Sahyog Care for You, along with the subdivisional magistrate of Narela have rescued 73 children from the factories in North Delhi. The team from the NGO working for kids revealed that they used to work as bonded labourers in polishing, toy and fan manufacturing units in north Delhi’s Bawana for 15 hours a …

Lancet study on orphanhood in India due to COVID-19 ‘sophisticated trickery’, says Government
2 years, 9 months ago

Lancet study on orphanhood in India due to COVID-19 ‘sophisticated trickery’, says Government

The Hindu  

Estimates in a Lancet article say that 19 lakh children experienced orphanhood due to COVID-19 in India during the first 20 months of the pandemic are "sophisticated trickery intended to create panic among citizens", the government said on Wednesday. "The Ministry of Women and Child Development finds the Lancet article dated February 24, 2022 giving estimates of children affected by …

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study
2 years, 9 months ago

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19: Lancet study

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: More than 1.9 million children in India lost a parent or caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a modelling study of 20 countries published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. “We estimate that for every person reported to have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, one child is left orphaned or loses …

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Over 19 Lakh Indian Children Lost At Least One Parent to Covid-19, Highest in World: Study

News 18  

Around 19.2 lakh kids lost at least one parent or caregiver to Covid-19 in India during the first 20 months of the pandemic, that is between March 2020 and October 2021, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health said. The peer-reviewed medical journal said that India accounted for the highest number of Covid orphans or children who …

Nearly 4,000 applications approved so far for PM CARES scheme to support kids who have lost parents to COVID-19: MWCD report
2 years, 10 months ago

Nearly 4,000 applications approved so far for PM CARES scheme to support kids who have lost parents to COVID-19: MWCD report

Firstpost  

The ministry also shared advisories and guidelines for supporting states/UTs regarding child care institutions, including providing vaccination for the eligible children and mental health support New Delhi: As many as 3,855 applications have been approved so far for PM CARES for Children scheme to support children who have lost both parents to COVID-19, said the Ministry of Women and Child …

UNICEF survey: Kerala CM thanks Edu Dept, parents-teachers for efforts amid COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

UNICEF survey: Kerala CM thanks Edu Dept, parents-teachers for efforts amid COVID

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said collective efforts of the education department, parents, teaching community and the society have helped to ensure that the education process of the state continued unhindered during the time of COVID-19 pandemic. "Kerala is an exception: about 70 per cent of parents of both younger & adolescent students believe that overall learning …

Over 1.4 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 11 months ago

Over 1.4 Lakh Children Lost Either Parent During COVID: NCPCR Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has told the Supreme Court that as per the data uploaded on the Baal Swaraj Portal- CoVID care from April 2020 till January 11, 2022, 10094 children are orphaned, 1,36,910 children have lost either parent and 488 children are abandoned after the onset of COVID.The additional affidavit has been filed by …

Adoption Fills Empty Homes with Cheer Amid Gloom in 2021, Covid Orphans Seek Fresh Start in '22
2 years, 11 months ago

Adoption Fills Empty Homes with Cheer Amid Gloom in 2021, Covid Orphans Seek Fresh Start in '22

News 18  

When the devastating Covid second wave hit India in April 2021, there was barely a family in India left untouched by the virus. The ‘nowhere’ children According to a Lancet study, around 1.16 lakh children in India may have lost a parent to Covid from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021. “It is a myth that every child is …

No Need to Vaccinate Kids Against Covid Right Now, Centre Informed About Decision: NTAGI Member
3 years ago

No Need to Vaccinate Kids Against Covid Right Now, Centre Informed About Decision: NTAGI Member

News 18  

There is no need to vaccinate children against Covid-19 as the data shows no urgency, a member of the Narendra Modi government’s panel on vaccination has told News18.com. The data driving the decision to not vaccinate children on an urgent basis shows no significant mortality among children due to Covid-19. We have registered deaths among children due to cancer, leukaemia …

COVID Orphans : Supreme Court Directs District Magistrates To Personally Interact With Children To Review Health & Education
3 years ago

COVID Orphans : Supreme Court Directs District Magistrates To Personally Interact With Children To Review Health & Education

Live Law  

On Monday, the Supreme Court in the suo moto matter pertaining to the children in need of care and protection, who have lost their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic, directed that the District Magistrates should expeditiously complete the review process for identification of children entitled to benefits. Chhattisgarh With respect to the mechanisms resorted by the States to ensure that …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Formulation Of National Level Plan For Rehabilitation Of CoVID 19 Affected Families
3 years ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Formulation Of National Level Plan For Rehabilitation Of CoVID 19 Affected Families

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today issued notice in a writ petition seeking formulation and preparation of National Level Plan in tandem with the State Government to ensure rehabilitation of families destroyed by CoVID 19 pandemic.The petition which also sought for waiver of education fees for students who have lost their parents due to outbreak of CoVID was listed before the bench …

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do
3 years, 1 month ago

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do

India Today  

Sabin, a primary school student from Delhi slums, had to drop out of school because her parents could no longer educate three children on their pandemic-affected meager income. Unemployment has been rising since the Covid-19 pandemic started in early 2020, which has pushed parents to prioritize survival over children’s education, especially fees in private schools. How to prevent further dropouts …

Supreme Court Directs District Magistrates To Forward Details Of COVID Orphans Eligible For PM-CARES Benefits To Centre
3 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Directs District Magistrates To Forward Details Of COVID Orphans Eligible For PM-CARES Benefits To Centre

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the District Magistrates and Collectors to ascertain the educational status of those children who are eligible for the benefits under PM-CARES Fund and forward it to the Central Government. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and BR Gavai issued the direction in the suo motu case "In Re Contagion Of COVID Virus In …

Should private paediatricians administer Covid-19 vaccine to children? Experts answer
3 years, 2 months ago

Should private paediatricians administer Covid-19 vaccine to children? Experts answer

India Today  

Even as vaccination for those below 18 is being deliberated on, there is a lot of discussion on who will vaccinate children against Covid-19. Paediatricians in India suggest that the 35,000-strong medical expert team that specialises in children’s health and registered private paediatricians should be involved in vaccinating children against Covid-19. “We have sent recommendations to the Prime Minister’s Office …

845 children orphaned during pandemic to get benefits Of PM-CARES For Children Scheme
3 years, 2 months ago

845 children orphaned during pandemic to get benefits Of PM-CARES For Children Scheme

India Today  

A total of 845 children who were orphaned during the pandemic have been approved as eligible for benefits under the PM-CARES for Children scheme till now, a senior official said Wednesday. PM-CARES for Children stipend Additional Chief Secretary/ Principal Secretary/ Secretary of the department shall be the State Nodal Officer for implementation of PM CARES for Children Scheme. The scheme …

Supreme Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Submit A Concrete Plan On Spending Rs 25 Crore For COVID Orphans
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Maharashtra Govt To Submit A Concrete Plan On Spending Rs 25 Crore For COVID Orphans

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Department of Child and Welfare, State of Maharashtra to come up with a concrete plan on how it intends to spend a sum of Rs 25 crore for the welfare of children who had lost both their parents to CoVID 19 pandemic. Appearing for the State of Maharashtra, Advocate Sachin Patil apprised the …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 3 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Madhya Pradesh: Thousands who lost one parent left out of Covid relief after tweak
3 years, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Thousands who lost one parent left out of Covid relief after tweak

Hindustan Times  

Till April this year, the lives of the two sisters were the definition of comfortable. But there was one thin glimmer of hope: a government scheme that promised children who lost even one parent to Covid-19 a monthly pension of ₹5,000 till they turned 21, free ration and importantly, free education. On May 13, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh …

Orphaned Due to Pandemic, These Kids May Now Have to Abandon Their Education
3 years, 3 months ago

Orphaned Due to Pandemic, These Kids May Now Have to Abandon Their Education

News 18  

When Chandrabhan Kushwaha, who runs a small chocolate-biscuit shop in the Hatta tehsil headquarters of Damoh district in Madhya Pradesh, got infected with COVID-19 during the deadly second wave, little did he know that it would devastate his entire family. The Madhya Pradesh government has announced many schemes for those affected by the pandemic, including a pension of Rs 5,000 …

'More Than One Lakh Children Lost Either Or Both Parents During COVID' : Supreme Court Directs CWCs To Complete Inquiries On Orphans Within 3 Weeks
3 years, 3 months ago

'More Than One Lakh Children Lost Either Or Both Parents During COVID' : Supreme Court Directs CWCs To Complete Inquiries On Orphans Within 3 Weeks

Live Law  

Expressing distress at the Covid pandemic devastating the lives of many children who lost their parents at a tender age, the Supreme Court has directed the Child Welfare Committees to complete the pending enquiries with respect to such children within three weeks. While lauding the progress made by the Union Government and State Governments in identification of the orphans and …

Ensure studies of kids orphaned due to Covid are not hindered: SC
3 years, 3 months ago

Ensure studies of kids orphaned due to Covid are not hindered: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all states and Union territories to ensure that the education of children orphaned on account of the Covid-19 pandemic continue without disruption -- including in private schools, at least during the ongoing academic year. In an affidavit filed through advocate Swarupama Chaturvedi, the commission, which has been running a dedicated website called Bal Swaraj …

Private schools in Delhi must allow Covid orphans to continue education till end of academic year
3 years, 3 months ago

Private schools in Delhi must allow Covid orphans to continue education till end of academic year

India Today  

Delhi Government has decided that private schools in Delhi must allow Covid orphans to continue education till the end of the academic year. What DoE said In an official release on Thursday, the Directorate of Education said that all districts in Delhi have been directed to give due attention to children who lost one parent or became orphans after March …

721 children in child care institutions contracted Covid since outbreak: RTI
3 years, 4 months ago

721 children in child care institutions contracted Covid since outbreak: RTI

India Today  

Over 720 children in child care institutions in 11 states and Union Territories have contracted Covid-19 till now and no fatalities have been reported, according to data from the country's apex child rights body. The data, which was shared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in response to an RTI query from PTI, also stated that 686 …

Children who have lost parents during pandemic should be given free education in same schools: Delhi govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Children who have lost parents during pandemic should be given free education in same schools: Delhi govt

India TV News  

The Delhi government has directed schools in the national capital to ensure that students who have become orphans or lost a parent after March last year be adjusted in the same school and offered free education. "All districts are directed to ensure that children who have become orphans or lost a parent after March, 2020 either due to COVID-19 or …

MP govt calls reduction in number of abandoned children ‘technical error’
3 years, 4 months ago

MP govt calls reduction in number of abandoned children ‘technical error’

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh government has called a 32% reduction in its data of abandoned children during the second wave of Covid-19 “a technical error”, after emerging as the state with the highest number of such recorded cases. A National Commission for Child Rights Protection status report on orphans and abandoned children between April 2020 and June 2021, submitted to the …

India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back
3 years, 4 months ago

India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back

The Hindu  

The economy is open. Expert opinion In June 2021, commenting on the World Health Organization-All India Institute of Medical Sciences serosurvey, AIIMS Director, Dr. Randeep Guleria said, “This study also looked at sero surveillance among children. There are a host of recommendations on how to open schools safely, including by the World Bank, SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai and the Lancet …

Has covid-19 locked out students in rural areas?
3 years, 4 months ago

Has covid-19 locked out students in rural areas?

Live Mint  

CS Satheesha spells out "A-P-P-L-E" into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal—a treehouse in his back garden in southern India. Jean Dreze, a welfare economist, said that the situation is bound to exacerbate the already "extreme inequalities" in access to education that reinforce India's class, caste and gender divisions. The fear …

SC directs states to ensure children orphaned during pandemic be allowed to continue education
3 years, 4 months ago

SC directs states to ensure children orphaned during pandemic be allowed to continue education

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all states to ensure that children who have become orphans or lost a parent during the Covid-19 pandemic since March last year are permitted to continue in the same school, be it private or government, at least for the current academic year. The apex court, while hearing a suo motu matter on the contagion …

Figures on Covid orphans unrealistic, unreliable: SC to West Bengal Govt
3 years, 4 months ago

Figures on Covid orphans unrealistic, unreliable: SC to West Bengal Govt

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday tore into the West Bengal government for providing “unrealistic” and “unreliable” figures of children being orphaned and abandoned in the State owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose rebuked the TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee led government for not uploading correct information of children who were orphaned during …

'Only 27 Orphans Due To COVID? We're Not Prepared To Believe This Figure': Supreme Court Pulls Up West Bengal Govt
3 years, 4 months ago

'Only 27 Orphans Due To COVID? We're Not Prepared To Believe This Figure': Supreme Court Pulls Up West Bengal Govt

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the State of West Bengal for not uploading correct information of children who were orphaned during the COVID pandemic since March 2020. For West Bengal, the Bench has directed the District Magistrates to collect necessary information relating to children who have become orphans due to death of either or one parent after March …

Children orphaned during Covid-19 should be covered under welfare schemes: SC
3 years, 4 months ago

Children orphaned during Covid-19 should be covered under welfare schemes: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court observed on Tuesday that the Centre's welfare schemes should cover all the children who were orphaned after the coronavirus disease pandemic struck, and not limit its benefit to those kids who lost their parents to the infection. The Supreme Court noted that government-run schemes such as PM-Cares Fund, which proposed a corpus of ₹10 lakh for children …

Over 15 lakh children lost a parent to Covid, including 1.2 lakh in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Over 15 lakh children lost a parent to Covid, including 1.2 lakh in India

India Today  

Children have borne the harshest brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic in the last 14 months. Globally, over 15 lakh children are estimated to have experienced the death of at least one parent or a custodial or a co-residing grandparent, or other older relative. Out of the 15 lakh, from March 1, 2020, to April 30, 2021, the study estimated that …

1,19,000 Indian Children Lost Caregivers to Covid During First 14 Months of Pandemic: Report
3 years, 5 months ago

1,19,000 Indian Children Lost Caregivers to Covid During First 14 Months of Pandemic: Report

News 18  

More than 1.5 million children in 21 countries, including 1,19,000 from India, lost their primary and secondary caregivers to COVID-19 during the first 14 months of the pandemic, according to a study published in The Lancet. The countries with the highest number of children who lost primary caregivers include South Africa, Peru, United States, India, Brazil, and Mexico, it said. …

1,19,000 Indian children lost caregivers to Covid during first 14 months of pandemic: Report
3 years, 5 months ago

1,19,000 Indian children lost caregivers to Covid during first 14 months of pandemic: Report

India TV News  

More than 1.5 million children in 21 countries, including 1,19,000 from India, lost their primary and secondary caregivers to COVID-19 during the first 14 months of the pandemic, according to a study published in The Lancet. The countries with the highest number of children who lost primary caregivers include South Africa, Peru, United States, India, Brazil, and Mexico, it said. …

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Global study estimates 1.5 million children lost parents or grandparents to Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — More than a million children around the world have lost a parent to Covid-19, and a total of 1.5 million have lost either a parent, a grandparent who helped care for them or some other relative responsible for their care, a new study finds. “Covid-19 has created this urgent crisis affecting children in almost every nation,” Dr. Susan …

Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Rights activists caution against child labour and trafficking during pandemic

Hindustan Times  

Child labour, abandonment by family members, risk of trafficking, child marriage, malnourishment, and an increasing number of school dropouts – these are some risks the national capital’s children are facing due to Covid-19 pandemic-induced hardships in marginalised communities, experts said. A Covid-19 ground report released by child rights NGO Protsahan, which is working closely with Delhi Commission for Protection of …

Children may also be at Covid risk, proper planning needed to protect them: Health Ministry
3 years, 5 months ago

Children may also be at Covid risk, proper planning needed to protect them: Health Ministry

India Today  

The Union Health Ministry on Friday raised concern about the rise in Covid-19 cases in several districts in India and cautioned that children may also be susceptible to the infection. During a press conference on the Covid-19 situation in the country, Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal stressed that proper planning is needed to protect children from contracting the virus. …

Covid Orphans: Why it cannot be business as usual for the government
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid Orphans: Why it cannot be business as usual for the government

India Today  

As India limps back to normalcy after the devastating two waves of Covid-19, a grim reality awaits policymakers and stakeholders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his government's second anniversary in its second term, announced a slew of measures to support children who have been orphaned—having lost either one or both parents, or been abandoned. Andhra Pradesh, for instance, has announced …

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