ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) to (f): The children in distress situations merit care and protection under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The Act and Rules made thereunder mandate a safety net of service delivery structures along with institutional and non-institutional care for these children. The Ministry is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely Child Protection Services (CPS) in partnership with the State Governments/UT Administrations for delivering the institutional and non-institutional care as stipulated under the JJ Act. As per the scheme guidelines, maintenance grant of Rs.2000/- per child per month is available for non-institutional care of children in need of care and protection, subject to the provisions of the guideline. There is also a provision of maintenance grant of Rs.2160/- per child per month for Children living in Child care Institutions under the scheme. All Indian Citizens can avail benefit under the scheme, subject to the scheme guidelines.
As per information provided by States/UTs including Assam, data of orphan children who have lost their parents due to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021, is at Annexure-I. The details of the fund released to the States/UTs including Assam under Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme during the financial year i.e. 2020-21 is at Annexure-II.
The Ministry has asked States and UTs to take immediate action for care and protection of children adversely impacted by COVID 19, in accordance with the provisions of the JJ Act 2015 and Rules thereunder, while leveraging the facilities funded under the Child protection Services scheme. The Ministry has also issued advisories and guidelines for encouraging COVID appropriate behavior, monitoring of Child Care Institutions and coping strategies during COVID times for mental health support to children and care givers. A guidelines providing a responsibility matrix defining the role of primary duty holders has also been shared with the States/UTs.
Hon’ble PM has announced PM CARES for children scheme to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme provides support for education and health and will create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age. This corpus will be used to give a monthly financial support/ stipend form 18 years of age, for the next 5 years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education and on reaching the age of 23 years, he or she will get the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in. Any Citizen can inform the administration regarding a child eligible for support under this scheme through the portal. States/UTs have been directed vide Ministry''s letter dt. 22.07.21 to identify children eligible for support under the PM CARES for children scheme and register them on the portal. The State wise number of children registered on the portal as on 29.07.2021 is given at Annexure III.
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Annexure-I
Annexure to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2055 for 30.07.2021 raised by Adv Dean Kuriakose and Shri Abdul Khaleque regarding “Financial Assistance for Children Orphaned due to Covid”.
As per information provided by States/UTs data of orphan children who have lost their parents to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021 is as follows:
Sl. No. Name of State No. of orphaned children
1 A&N Island 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 119
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0
4 Assam 3
5 Bihar 0
6 Chandigarh 0
7 Chhattisgarh 16
8 Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu 2
9 Delhi 1
10 Goa 0
11 Gujarat 45
12 Haryana 0
13 Himachal Pradesh 13
14 J&K 8
15 Jharkhand 11
16 Karnataka 09
17 Kerala 09
18 Ladakh 0
19 Lakshadweep 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 73
21 Maharashtra 83
22 Manipur 1
23 Meghalaya 1
24 Mizoram 0
25 Nagaland 0
26 Odisha 10
27 Puducherry 2
28 Punjab 20
29 Rajasthan 19
30 Sikkim 0
31 Tamil Nadu 8
32 Telangana 23
33 Tripura 0
34 Uttar Pradesh 158
35 Uttarakhand 8
36 West Bengal 3
Total 645
Annexure-II
Annexure to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2055 for 30.07.2021 raised by Adv Dean Kuriakose and Shri Abdul Khaleque regarding “Financial Assistance for Children Orphaned due to Covid”.
Details of the fund released and utilised by the States/UTs including Assam under CPS Scheme during the financial year i.e. 2020-21.
(Rs.in Lakhs)
S. No. State/UT Amount Released
1 Andhra Pradesh 1827.84
2 Arunachal Pradesh 293.55
3 Assam 3159.17
4 Bihar 2203.71
5 Chattisgarh 2281.81
6 Goa 129.9
7 Gujarat 2590.93
8 Haryana 2391.14
9 Himachal Pradesh 1457.39
10 Jammu & Kashmir 1490.55
11 Jharkhand 1425.26
12 Karnataka 2897.87
13 Kerala 1135.84
14 Madhya Pradesh 3531.26
15 Maharashtra 3433.13
16 Manipur 3468.9
17 Meghalaya 2014.36
18 Mizoram 2243.71
19 Nagaland 2125.64
20 Orissa 3302.54
21 Punjab 558.41
22 Rajasthan 3221.96
23 Sikkim 612.81
24 Tamil Nadu 9636.91
25 Telangana 431.61
26 Tripura 1075.65
27 Uttar Pradesh 5235.63
28 Uttarakhand 712.37
29 West Bengal 4375.63
30 Andaman & Nicobar Island 282.97
31 Chandigarh 169.21
32 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 55.96
Daman & Diu
33 Delhi 656.76
34 Lakshadweep 0
35 Ladakh 153.18
36 Puducherry 393.97
Total 70977.53
Annexure-III
Annexure to part (a) to (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2055 for 30.07.2021 raised by Adv Dean Kuriakose and Shri Abdul Khaleque regarding “Financial Assistance for Children Orphaned due to Covid”.
State/UT-wise data of children registered on pmcaresforchildren.in Portal as on 29.07.2021
Sr. No. State/UT Number of Children
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0
2. Andhra Pradesh 85
3. Arunachal Pradesh 0
4. Assam 0
5. Bihar 4
6. Chandigarh 0
7. Chhattisgarh 3
8. Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu 0
9. Delhi 2
10. Goa 0
11. Gujarat 34
12. Haryana 9
13. Himachal Pradesh 0
14. Jammu and Kashmir 4
15. Jharkhand 1
16. Karnataka 4
17. Kerala 0
18. Ladakh 0
19. Lakshadweep 0
20. Madhya Pradesh 2
21. Maharashtra 10
22. Manipur 6
23. Meghalaya 0
24 Mizoram 0
25. Nagaland 0
26 Odisha 2
27. Puducherry 0
28. Punjab 1
29. Rajasthan 0
30. Sikkim 0
31. Tamil Nadu 112
32. Telangana 3
33. Tripura 0
34. Uttar Pradesh 8
35. Uttrakhand 0
36. West Bengal 2
Total 292
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