WCD ministry asks states to provide details of children who lost parents to Covid

States and UTs have been directed to identify the children who have lost their parents to the Covid-19 pandemic for receiving support under PM CARES for Children scheme

Women and Child Development Ministry has requested states and UTs to direct district magistrates to identify the children who have lost their parents to the Covid-19 pandemic for receiving support under PM CARES for Children scheme and submit their details on a portal established to enable prompt assistance to them. In a letter to all states and UTs' chief secretaries, WCD Ministry Secretary Indevar Pandey said a web-based portal "pmcaresforchildren.in" has been launched to facilitate submission of applications, identification of children eligible to receive support under the scheme and processing of applications for securing benefits to them.