"4,000 Covid-Orphaned Children Benefitted Under PM Cares Scheme": Centre
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PM Cares scholarship: A scholarship allowance of Rs 20,000 per child per annum would be given, which will comprise a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 and an annual academic allowance of Rs 8,000 to cover the school fees.
Nearly 4,000 children who were orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic have benefitted under a new PMCARES scholarship scheme, the social justice and empowerment ministry said on Monday.
The new "Scholarship for PMCARES Children" scheme under the ministry was formulated as a central sector scheme, it said.
Under the scheme, a scholarship allowance of Rs 20,000 per child per annum would be given, which will comprise a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 and an annual academic allowance of Rs 8,000 to cover the school fees, the cost of books, uniforms, shoes and other educational equipment, the ministry said in a statement.
The scholarship will be disbursed through direct benefit transfer to the children from Class 1 until they pass the Class-12 exam.
