This corpus will be used to give a monthly financial support or stipend from 18 years of age for the next five years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education. On reaching the age of 23 years, they will get the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use.
The basic needs of children orphaned since the Covid lockdown of March 2020 must be taken care of by state government, the Supreme Court said today. This includes food, shelter, and clothing, it said.
2021-05-26 09:05:41 GMT2021-05-26 17:05:41(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) At least 577 children across India were orphaned after their parents died due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from April 1 until Tuesday, the federal government said. Government of India is committed to support and protect every vulnerable child due to loss of both parents to COVID-19. From 1st April 2021 till 2:00 PM Tuesday, the state governments across the country have reported 577 children whose parents succumbed to COVID-19, federal Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani wrote on social media Tuesday night.
Earlier this month Irani urged citizens to report instances of children found to be orphaned by COVID-19 to either the helpline or child welfare committees or the local police.