BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government was fully committed to taking care of children who had lost their earning parent or had been orphaned due to COVID-19 as well as those who had lost both their parents due to any other reason, said Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday.
He had recently announced a scheme under which children who had lost an earning parent or both their parents to the coronavirus infection were to get several benefits, including financial assistance of Rs 5,000 per month.
"The state government, and civil society, will provide education, refuge, food and other needs to all orphaned kids. A scheme on this is going to come up shortly. We can't leave such children in the lurch," Chouhan said while addressing district crisis management committees online.
A state government official said a scheme for children orphaned by COVID-19 came into effect on May 21 and covers the period from May 1 to June 30.
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