Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released benefits under the PM CARES for children scheme via video conferencing.
The Prime Minister transferred scholarships to school-going children. A passbook of PM CARES for Children, and a health card under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana have been handed over to the children during the programme.
PM CARES for Children Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister on May 29, 2021, to support children who have lost both their parents or legal guardian or adoptive parents or surviving parents to COVID-19 pandemic, during the period from March 11, 2020, to February 28, 2022.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the scheme’s goal is to provide children with long-term care and protection by providing them with boarding and lodging, empowering them through education and scholarships, preparing them for self-sufficiency with a financial support of Rs 10 lakh when they reach the age of 23, and ensuring their health through health insurance.
To register the children, the government developed an online portal. The portal is a single-window system that streamlines the approval procedure as well as all other child aid.
