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 Chouhan, announced the Mukhyamantri Covid -9 Jan Kalyan Scheme, which promised financial aid to children who lost a parent to the pandemic. The change in the scheme’s contours has left many aggrieved families even more desperate with the mother of a 12-year-old boy from Gwalior telling HT that she “blamed herself” for surviving Covid-19. “The state removed the provision of helping single-parent kids because of high numbers of beneficiaries but they should also think of providing jobs to the single parent, mainly mothers, so that they can run the house effectively without anyone’s support,” said activist Prashant Dubey.

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Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana: 716 Covid orphans, 3K other kids getting benefits in Prayagraj region
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana: 716 Covid orphans, 3K other kids getting benefits in Prayagraj region

Hindustan Times  

As many as 716 kids rendered orphan by the Covid pandemic and 3,000 other needy children are getting benefit under the Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj region. The Scheme The scheme is being implemented in two groups: Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana and Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana. Under the Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Seva …

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 …

Madhya Pradesh: Government raises DA of state employees; provide allowance to female students
2 years, 9 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Government raises DA of state employees; provide allowance to female students

India TV News  

Highlights The government decided to increase the Dearness Allowance of state government employees They had been unable to pay the full DA due to increase in Coronavirus cases Government will also give an additional ₹25,000 to girl students under the "Ladli Laxmi scheme" Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday stated that the government has decided to increase …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

237 Children in Gujarat's Rajkot Lost One or Both Parents to Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

237 Children in Gujarat's Rajkot Lost One or Both Parents to Covid-19

News 18  

Ahmedabad: At least 237 children in Gujarat's Rajkot district lost either one or both their parents to coronavirus infection, officials said. Most of the deaths took place in the second wave of COVID-19, the district child protection office said in a release issued on Wednesday, adding that it was still receiving applications from the affected children to avail government benefits. …

Maharashtra looks to opening village schools with corona-free record
3 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra looks to opening village schools with corona-free record

India Today  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has ordered the education and health authorities in the state to look into the possibility of starting Class 10 and Class 12 classes in all those villages which have been corona-free for the last few months and have taken appropriate steps to ensure that the villages remain corona-free in future as well. Plan to fund …

UP CM Yogi Adityanath announces pension of Rs 4,000 for kids orphaned due to COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

UP CM Yogi Adityanath announces pension of Rs 4,000 for kids orphaned due to COVID-19

India TV News  

Keeping in view the need of the children who lost their parents due to COVID-19, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced a monthly pension of Rs 4,000 under the Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana. "The state government will give Rs 4,000 per month to children who lost their parents, till they turn 18 under Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana," the …

Maharashtra govt to formulate education, financial schemes for Covid-19 orphans
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra govt to formulate education, financial schemes for Covid-19 orphans

India Today  

Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Yashomati Thakur on Monday said that apart from providing financial support to children who lost their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state is now formulating schemes for their education and other daily needs. The minister said the state government is committed to providing all kinds of support to children orphaned by the …

Limit for wedding guests increased to 40 in Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3 years, 6 months ago

Limit for wedding guests increased to 40 in Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced more relaxation in the Janata Curfew imposed to contain the Covid-19 infection in MP on Sunday. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the state government will come up with a plan for orphans, who lost their parents due to Covid-19. Chouhan also said the state government will come up with …

MP govt vows to take responsibility of all orphaned children in the state
3 years, 6 months ago

MP govt vows to take responsibility of all orphaned children in the state

India Today  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that the state government will take responsibility of all orphaned children in the state. In May, the Madhya Pradesh government had announced a scheme under which the state government was to provide several benefits, including financial assistance of Rs 5,000 per month to children who had lost an earning parent …

Uttarakhand govt to provide financial aid children orphaned by Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttarakhand govt to provide financial aid children orphaned by Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Chief Minister Vatsalya Yojana, which aims to help children who lost their parents or the earning member of their family during the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides monetary assistance, the state government will also provide free education, ration and health facilities, till the time they attain the age of 21. The Cabinet …

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 …

Covid-19 impact: Jharkhand identifies 234 children who lost parents to virus
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Jharkhand identifies 234 children who lost parents to virus

Hindustan Times  

The deadly coronavirus infection, that has killed over 5,000 people across Jharkhand since its outbreak last year, has also left hundreds of children orphaned or with a single parent, mostly after the onset of its second wave in early April this year. Special secretary at the department DK Saxena said, “Till now, we have identified as many as 234 children …

Maharashtra: Covid-19 orphans to get Rs 5 lakh in FD, monthly aid
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Covid-19 orphans to get Rs 5 lakh in FD, monthly aid

India Today  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday announced that fixed deposits of Rs five lakh will be made in the name of children who have lost one or both parents to Covid-19. If relatives come forward to take care of the child, they will also be given a grant from the Child Care Scheme of the Department of Women and Child Development. …

Over 5,000 children in Maharashtra lost parents to Covid-19, state announces scheme
3 years, 6 months ago

Over 5,000 children in Maharashtra lost parents to Covid-19, state announces scheme

Hindustan Times  

As many as 5,331 children in Maharashtra have lost at least one parent over the past 14 months, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The state cabinet on Wednesday gave nod to the special scheme where ₹5 lakh will be deposited in the name of the children who have lost both their parents in the form of fixed deposit. Children who …

UP govt to give Rs 30 lakh aid to kin of panchayat polls workers who died of Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

UP govt to give Rs 30 lakh aid to kin of panchayat polls workers who died of Covid-19

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday approved Rs 30 lakh financial assistance for the families of those government officials who lost their lives during duty in the recent panchayat elections and also those who died due to Covid-19. The decision by the UP Cabinet comes days after a teachers' body claimed that over 1,600 teachers and workers of the Basic …

Over 9,300 children lost parents or were abandoned in pandemic, NCPCR informs Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Over 9,300 children lost parents or were abandoned in pandemic, NCPCR informs Supreme Court

India Today  

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has said that a 6-step scheme has been devised to monitor the wellbeing of children orphaned due to Covid-19 or those who have lost one parent. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of children who lost one parent 1,830 children are now …

Tamil Nadu govt offers financial aid, free education to children orphaned by Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu govt offers financial aid, free education to children orphaned by Covid-19

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced that children who have lost their parents or guardians due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be provided with a financial aid of Rs. An official release said that a special task force under district collector has already been set up to identify the children whose parents succumbed to the disease and …

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces scheme for kids orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces scheme for kids orphaned due to Covid-19

Live Mint  

Nitish Kumar today announced special measures for rehabilitating children who have been orphaned due to COVID-19. Kumar said his government would provide monthly stipends for the bereaved children, boarding facility for those left with no caretaker, and give special impetus to education of orphaned girls. "Boys and girls who have lost their mothers and fathers -- with at least one …

Bihar CM Announces Solatium for Kids Orphaned Due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Bihar CM Announces Solatium for Kids Orphaned Due to Covid-19

News 18  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced special measures for rehabilitating children who have been orphaned due to COVID-19. Taking to his social media accounts, Kumar said his government would provide monthly stipends for the bereaved children, boarding facility for those left with no caretaker, and give special impetus to education of orphaned girls. “Boys and girls who have …

Bihar govt announces ₹1,500/month to children who lost parents to Covid
3 years, 6 months ago

Bihar govt announces ₹1,500/month to children who lost parents to Covid

Live Mint  

The Bihar government announced financial aid of ₹1,500 per month to children who lost either of their parents due to Covid-19 under 'Bal Sahayata Yojana' on Sunday. For instance, the Haryana government said it would give a monthly amount of ₹2,500 per child as financial aid to the families taking care of these orphaned children. The Gujarat government, under the …

Uttar Pradesh government rolls out welfare scheme for children who lost parents to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Uttar Pradesh government rolls out welfare scheme for children who lost parents to Covid-19

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a welfare scheme for those children who have lost either one or both parents due to Covid-19. Under the 'Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana', the Uttar Pradesh government will provide financial assistance to a child's guardian, while those who do not have anyone to look after them will be sent to …

Haryana announces financial aid for COVID-orphaned children
3 years, 6 months ago

Haryana announces financial aid for COVID-orphaned children

India TV News  

The Haryana government on Saturday announced financial aid and other assistance for children who have lost their parents to COVID-19. Sharing details of the 'Mukhyamantri Bal Sewa Yojana', Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said this package will be given to rehabilitate and assist children below 18 years of age who have lost their both parents, a surviving parent, legal guardian …

COVID-19 update: Daily cases lowest in 45 days; PM announces scheme to help children orphaned by pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 update: Daily cases lowest in 45 days; PM announces scheme to help children orphaned by pandemic

Firstpost  

Kerala extended shutdown in the state till 9 June but withdrew ’triple lockdown’ in Malapppuram whereas Andhra Pradesh decided to extend and intensify restrictions in Tirupati and its entire Chittoor district till 15 June Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced welfare measures for children who lost their parents to COVID-19, including ensuring a corpus of Rs 10 lakh when …

Assam CM announces Rs 3,500 per month, laptops for children orphaned by Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Assam CM announces Rs 3,500 per month, laptops for children orphaned by Covid-19

India Today  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday announced the Mukhyamantri Sishu Sewa Achoni scheme which will provide relief to children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19. As per this scheme, those children who have lost both their parents and are being looked after by their extended family members will be entitled to Rs 3,500 financial aid per …

Children orphaned due to Covid-19 to get support in education under PM-CARES fund
3 years, 6 months ago

Children orphaned due to Covid-19 to get support in education under PM-CARES fund

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for children who have lost their parents due to the Covid-19 infection. The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that fixed deposits will be opened in the names of such children, and the PM-CARES fund will contribute through a specially designed scheme to create a corpus …

Tamil Nadu greenlights Rs 5 lakh in aid to children orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Tamil Nadu greenlights Rs 5 lakh in aid to children orphaned during Covid-19 pandemic

India Today  

Tamil Nadu on Saturday joined the list of states that have offered relief measures to children who lost their parents amid the deadly second wave Covid-19. After a meeting between chief minister MK Stalin and senior officials, the state government announced the children who have lost both their parents will receive financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh as a fixed …

Kerala govt announces special package, education expenses to children orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Kerala govt announces special package, education expenses to children orphaned due to Covid-19

India Today  

The government of Kerala has decided to cover the educational expenses and offer a special relief package to the children in the state who have lost their parents to the Covid-19 pandemic after several state governments have decided to take similar steps. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has recently announced that the children in the state who have been orphaned …

Punjab announces free education, monthly pension for kids orphaned due to COVID-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Punjab announces free education, monthly pension for kids orphaned due to COVID-19

Firstpost  

The government will constitute a monitoring committee which will be headed by the Minister for Social Security and Women and Child Development The Punjab government will provide free education to children who have lost their parents to COVID-19. In the meeting, it has been decided that the government will provide Rs 1,500 as social security pension to such children and …

MHA asks states to help vulnerable sections, kids orphaned due to Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

MHA asks states to help vulnerable sections, kids orphaned due to Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

The Union home ministry on Thursday asked states and union territories to immediately review the facilities available for vulnerable groups, particularly children orphaned due to the Covid-19 disease, and coordinate with the agencies concerned as well as civil society groups to get them timely help. The Union ministry of home affairs asked states to conduct an immediate review of the …

Free education for kids orphaned due to Covid-19: Madhya Pradesh govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Free education for kids orphaned due to Covid-19: Madhya Pradesh govt

India Today  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced today that all the students who have lost their parents or guardians during the current Covid-19 pandemic will be offered free education by the state government. We will grant loans to these families on govt guarantee to people who want to work: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan — ANI May …

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