Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released various facilities under the scheme ‘PM Cares for Children’ for children who have lost their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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About ‘PM Cares for Children’ scheme:
This scheme was launched in May 2021.
Objective: To help and empower children affected by COVID.
Eligibility: All children who have lost both parents or either of the parents or the surviving guardian or legal guardian/adoptive parent due to COVID-19 will be given assistance under the scheme ‘PM-CARES for Children’.
Key points of this plan : The Hindu Analysis
Fixed deposit in the name of the child: A corpus of Rs 10 lakh will be constituted for each child who completes the age of 18 years.
Schooling: Children below the age of 10 years will be admitted as day scholars in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or private school.
Schooling: Children in the age group of 11 -18 years will be admitted to any residential school of the Central Government such as Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya etc. The Hindu Analysis
Assistance for Higher Education: The child will be assisted in getting education loan for vocational courses/higher education in India as per the existing education loan norms.
Health Insurance: All such children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under the ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojana’ (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.
The need for these measures : The Hindu Analysis
India is currently battling the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the number of deaths of parents of many children is increasing due to this pandemic.
Along with this, the possibility of child trafficking in the guise of adoption of these children has also increased.
There has also been an increase in ‘child marriage’ related cases during the lockdown implemented due to COVID-19.
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