Children orphaned by COVID-19 to get allowance, free education and govt job: Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat

The state government will take care of their education and reserve five percent of government jobs for them under the scheme.

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Saturday (May 22) announced a scheme for education and employment of children who lost their parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Such children will be given a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000 under the scheme named Mukhya Mantri Vatsalya Yojana up to the age of 21, an official statement said, according to news agency PTI. The state government will also take care of their education and reserve five percent of government jobs for them under the scheme, it said.