1.32 lakh children lost either of their parents since April last year: NCPCR tells SC

The NCPCR has informed the Supreme Court that as many as 1.32 lakh children in the country have lost either of their parents since April of last year during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over 9,800 children have been orphaned, 508 abandoned and 1.32 lakh have lost either of their parents between April last year to December 7 this year during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has told the Supreme Court.

The child rights' body has given the crucial information in an affidavit to the apex court which is hearing a suo motu case about children who have been adversely affected by the pandemic, by losing either one or both their parents.