PATNA: Chief ministry (CM) Nitish Kumar on Sunday declared a new plot,’Baal Sahayata Yojana’, to induce kids orphaned by Covid-19.
The CM said the state authorities would offer yearly stipend to the majority of kids and daycare centre to people who have zero caretaker besides providing particular impetus into the instruction of orphan women.
“The boys and girls who’ve lost their parents (at least among these because of covid) will receive Rs 1,500 a month from the state authorities until they turn 18 years beneath the Bal Sahayata Yojana,” Nitish said in an declaration.
He also added,”Boys and girls who have no guardian or caretaker will be given shelter in the’children’s houses, although the Spartan girls will probably be acknowledged in the Kasturba Gandhi residential girls’ colleges on a priority basis” The Bihar CM’s steps for rehabilitating the orphan kids came after his counterparts from Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Assam created similar statements on Saturday.
Though the UP government has declared to offer a monthly supply of Rs 4,000 a month to every orphan child under the’Mukhya Mantri Bal Sewa Yojana’, Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin has chosen to make a Rs 5 lakh deposit from the title of every kid who has lost both parents because of Covid-19 and cover his tuition and hostel fees until graduation.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, on the other hand, has stated his administration would provide Rs 3,500 a month per kid till hisor her job, in the event the kid has dropped both parents or the only bread earner of the household because of Covid.
Based on statistics available with Bihar’s social welfare section, approximately 50 kids have been orphaned at the next wave of Covid-19 at Bihar while over 1,480 have dropped one of the parents because of this virus.
“We’re still in the process of amassing updated information of these kids from several districts.
As departure because of Covid remains being noted, we must update the information with latest opinions in the districts,” a state government officer said.