ANSWER
MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
(SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)
(a) & (b) : As informed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), an affidavit has been filed before the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 06.06.2021 in SMWP(C) No.4/2020 In Re contagion of COVID-19 Virus in Children Protection Homes along with the data of children uploaded on the Bal Swaraj portal-COVID Care link which includes orphaned, single parent and abandoned children is at Annexure-I. The list contains all children whose both or single parent has died due to Covid-19 or other causes.
(c) : Yes Sir, As on 05-6-2021 there were 1923 children left with a single parent in Andhra Pradesh.
(d) & (e) : The PM CARES for Children Scheme was launched by The Hon''ble Prime Minister of India on 29th May 2021 for the Children. It aims to support children who have lost both the Parents or legal Guardian or Adoptive Parents or Surviving Parent to COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the Scheme is to ensure comprehensive care and protection of Children in a sustained manner, and enable their well being through health insurance, empower them through education and equip them for self-sufficient existence with financial support on reaching 23 years of age. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in. As on 03.02.2022, 6654 applications have been uploaded on the portal out of which, 3890 applications have been approved as per procedure.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) & (B) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 537 FOR 04.02.2022 RAISED BY SHRI MARGANI BHARAT REGARDING ORPHANED CHILDREN
STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST BOTH OR EITHER OF PARENT DUE TO COVID OR HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF ANY OTHER REASON FROM APRIL 2020 TO 5TH JUNE, 2021
Sl. No. State/UT Orphan Single Parent Abandoned Total
1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3 40 0 43
2 Andhra Pradesh 166 1923 0 2089
3 Arunachal Pradesh 2 37 0 39
4 Assam 16 255 0 271
5 Bihar 308 1326 0 1634
6 Chandigarh 0 2 0 2
7 Chhattisgarh 120 134 11 265
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 10 26 0 36
9 Delhi 5 12 0 17
10 Goa 2 0 0 2
11 Gujarat 66 882 1 949
12 Haryana 84 2353 1 2438
13 Himachal Pradesh 98 803 0 901
14 Jammu and Kashmir 17 467 0 484
15 Jharkhand 30 187 0 217
16 Karnataka 99 555 6 660
17 Kerala 65 1931 6 2002
18 Ladakh 0 14 0 14
19 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0
20 Madhya Pradesh 706 1311 226 2243
21 Maharashtra 217 6865 2 7084
22 Manipur 9 44 3 56
23 Meghalaya 5 21 0 26
24 Mizoram 0 23 0 23
25 Nagaland 6 21 0 27
26 Odisha 281 832 0 1113
27 Puducherry 2 28 0 30
28 Punjab 23 160 2 185
29 Rajasthan 671 1801 10 2482
30 Sikkim 0 6 0 6
31 Tamil Nadu 45 757 0 802
32 Telangana 164 81 0 245
33 Tripura 16 15 1 32
34 Uttar Pradesh 383 2784 5 3172
35 Uttrakhand 39 472 0 511
36 West Bengal 3 8 0 11
Total 3661 26176 274 30,111
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