New Delhi: Centre on Saturday announced ₹10 lakh fixed deposit, free health insurance and education for children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to covid-19.The support will be provided under ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme.The prime minister during the meeting discussed and deliberated on steps which can be taken to support children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19.
PM announced a number of benefits to children impacted by the current covid-19 Pandemic.The government announced that all such children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs.