Children Who Lost Their Parents Due to Covid-19

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Posted On: 16 MAR 2022 4:50PM by PIB Delhi

The Hon’ble Prime Minister has announced the PM CARES for Children scheme to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parents or legal guardians or adoptive parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pm cares for children. The applications of such children are uploaded on the portal by the respective State/ UT Governments. As of 14.03.2022, 8973 applications have been uploaded on the portal out of which, 4302 applications have been approved by District Magistrates after due process. The State/UT-wise, gender-wise and age-group wise details of approved Children on PM CARES for Children scheme portal is at Annexure-I

The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a centrally sponsored scheme namely Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme – Mission Vatsalya under which support is provided to States and UT Governments for delivering services for children in need of care and in difficult circumstances. The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the CPS scheme support inter-alia age-appropriate education, access to vocational training, recreation, health care, counseling etc.

ANNEXURE – I

State/UT-wise, gender-wise and age-group wise details of approved Children on PM CARES for Children Scheme portal

Sl. No.	State/UT	0-6 Years		6-14 Years		14-18 Years		18-23 Years		Total
Sl. No.	State/UT	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Total Male Children	Total Female Children
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	12	11	75	53	79	84	11	26	177	174
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	5
4	Assam	0	1	11	8	11	19	1	4	23	32
5	Bihar	2	1	12	14	19	15	1	2	34	32
6	Chandigarh	0	0	2	0	4	6	0	0	6	6
	Chhattisgarh	8	5	25	14	26	25	5	3	64	47
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	0	0	5	1	2	4	0	0	7	4
9	Delhi	6	6	31	23	31	28	10	5	78	62
10	Goa	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	3
11	Gujarat	8	3	55	41	56	42	12	6	131	92
12	Haryana	2	5	16	17	30	16	3	3	51	41
13	Himachal Pradesh	0	0	6	3	6	5	2	2	14	10
14	Jammu and Kashmir	1	0	2	4	1	5	2	2	6	11
15	Jharkhand	1	1	9	9	18	9	1	1	29	20
16	Karnataka	6	6	37	40	58	51	9	9	110	106
17	Kerala	1	0	11	23	28	36	6	10	46	69
18	Ladakh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Lakshadweep	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	10	9	85	95	97	104	11	15	203	223
21	Maharashtra	17	20	164	144	195	147	55	34	431	345
22	Manipur	1	0	3	4	3	5	2	2	9	11
23	Meghalaya	0	1	0	2	4	4	0	0	4	7
24	Mizoram	0	0	2	2	3	5	1	1	6	8
25	Nagaland	1	0	3	1	1	3	1	1	6	5
26	Odisha	5	3	26	25	20	26	2	1	53	55
27	Puducherry	1	0	4	2	2	1	2	0	9	3
28	Punjab	0	0	7	4	12	7	3	4	22	15
29	Rajasthan	2	3	37	33	57	43	14	7	110	86
30	Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Tamil Nadu	7	7	68	68	87	95	29	28	191	198
32	Telangana	6	8	63	55	56	52	10	6	135	121
33	Tripura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Uttarakhand	0	1	6	10	9	13	3	1	18	25
35	Uttar Pradesh	11	8	89	92	114	92	21	17	235	209
36	West Bengal	4	0	13	11	9	16	6	3	32	30
		112	100	867	803	1042	959	224	194	2245	2056
	Total	212		1670		2001		418		4301