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Records show no child produced before welfare panel in many districts, says top court NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to expedite and complete the process of identifying COVID-affected children in order to take care of their immediate basic needs such as food, shelter and clothing and produce them before the local Child Welfare Committees to assess steps for their future protection. The top court is suo motu monitoring a nationwide exercise to identify children orphaned, abandoned and in need of care and protection due to COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench of...

Express News Service HYDERABAD: The pandemic has impacted many families across the State, leaving many children orphaned. As per data by the State Women Development and Child Welfare Department (WDCD), 143 children have been orphaned due to Covid-19, of which 30 are from Hyderabad. However, the number is much more for children who have lost a single parent, officials say. The officials from Telangana State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (TSCPCR) and State WDCD said that measures are being taken to extend help to orphaned children and an action plan will also be released in the ...

According to data received from various states, at least 9346 children have lost at least one of their parents to the deadly virus, including over 1700 who have lost both their parents. 

New Delhi, June 1 (PTI) The National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that there are 9,346 children, who have been abandoned, orphaned or lost a parent to the COVID-19 pandemic as per the data submitted to it by different states till May 29.

The move by the UP government comes a day after the Supreme Court observed that it cannot even imagine how many children in this large country have got orphaned due to the devastating pandemic, and directed the state authorities to immediately identify them and provide relief.