UP launches welfare scheme for kids who lost parents to COVID-19

Lucknow, July 23: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with Governor Anandi Ben Patel, launched the "Uttar Pradesh Mukhyamantri Bal Sewa Yojna" to provide assistance to children who have lost their parents to COVID-19.

 

 

Under the scheme, an amount of Rs 12,000 for the first quarter was digitally transferred to the bank accounts of 4,050 such children. Moreover, tablets and laptops were also provided to the eligible children.

 

While launching the scheme during a function in Lok Bhavan in Lucknow, CM said that no child will suffer without parental care in Uttar Pradesh and his government will provide all necessary resources to help them achieve their dreams.

 

 

 

“Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana has been launched for children whose parents succumbed to coronavirus. The government is working on another scheme for the welfare of children who lost their parents or legal guardians to non-Covid ailments,” CM Yogi Adityanath said.

 

According to the reports, the Yogi government has taken responsibility for 3,810 such children whose mother, father, or legal guardian died due to COVID-19. At present, an advance 3-month allowance (of Rs 4,000 for each month) is being given to these 4,050 children.

 

"Arrangements have also been made for children below the age of 18 years who have no guardian or family. Those studying in schools will be given tablets or laptops," the CM added. Yogi also announced that an amount of 1,01,000 each will be given by the state government for the marriage of orphaned girls.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi advised all states to frame targeted policies and schemes to secure the future of these children.

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