They Lost Parents To Covid, Now Help From Madhya Pradesh Government Has Dried Up Too
NDTV
In May 2021, the Madhya Pradesh government had announced that children who lost their family's sole earning member to Covid-19 would receive Rs 5,000 per month and free education.
Thousands of children in Madhya Pradesh lost their parents to Covid-19 and, for over a year, many of them have stopped getting the monthly financial assistance from the state government that was promised to make their troubled lives a little easier.
In May 2021, then-chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced that children who lost their family's sole earning member to Covid-19 would receive Rs 5,000 per month and free education. However, many beneficiaries have seen these promises falter in recent months.
During the pandemic, 1,041 children in Madhya Pradesh lost both parents to Covid-19 while 8,000 lost one.
