Lok Sabha Question No. 668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Rehabilitation of Orphaned Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.668

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2022

## REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

668.   SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be please to state:

- (a) the number of children rendered orphan during the global pandemic Corona in the country, State/UT-wise including district-wise in Rajasthan; and
- (b) the projects on which the Ministry is working for the education, nutrition, health, living conditions and rehabilitation for these orphaned children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b) :  As per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2021), 'orphan' is defined as the child, who is without biological or adoptive parents or legal guardian; or whose legal guardian is not willing to take, or capable of taking care of the child.

The PM CARES for Children scheme supports the children, who have lost both parents  or  surviving  parent  or  legal  guardian  or  adoptive  parents  due  to  COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the Scheme is to ensure comprehensive care and protection of Children in a sustained manner, and enable their well being through health insurance, empower  them  through  education  and  equip  them  for  self-sufficient  existence  with financial  support till  23  years  of  age.  After  attaining  the  age  of  23  years,  the  children covered under the scheme get an lump-sum amount of Rs. 10 Lakhs. The details of the scheme  are  accessible  through  the  online  portal  pmcaresforchildren.in.   State-wise details of number of such children as per report available in the PM CARES for Children Scheme  portal  is  at Annexure-I and  district-wise  details  of  children  of  State  of Rajasthan as per report available in the PM CARES for Children Scheme portal is at Annexure-II .

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.668 FOR ANSWER ON 09.12.2022 BY SHRI CHANDRA  PRAKASH  JOSHI REGARDING REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

## STATE/UT-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST BOTH PARENTS DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             |   Number of Eligible Children |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            |                             0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                       |                           351 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |                             8 |
| 4         | Assam                                |                            55 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |                            73 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |                            12 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |                           109 |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                            12 |
| 9         | Delhi                                |                           145 |
| 10        | Goa                                  |                             6 |
| 11        | Gujarat                              |                           223 |
| 12        | Haryana                              |                            93 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                     |                            24 |
| 14        | Jammu & Kashmir                      |                            17 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                            |                            49 |
| 16        | Karnataka                            |                           221 |
| 17        | Kerala                               |                           112 |
| 18        | Ladakh                               |                             0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |                             0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |                           428 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |                           790 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |                            20 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |                            13 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |                            14 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |                            14 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |                           108 |
| 27        | Puducherry                           |                            12 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |                            38 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |                           206 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |                             0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |                           394 |
| 32        | Tripura                              |                             0 |
| 33        | Telangana                            |                           256 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                          |                            44 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                        |                           441 |
| 36        | West Bengal                          |                            57 |
| Total     | Total                                |                          4345 |

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.668 FOR ANSWER ON 09.12.2022 BY SHRI CHANDRA  PRAKASH  JOSHI REGARDING REHABILITATION OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

DISTRICT-WISE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST BOTH PARENTS DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN STATE OF RAJASTHAN

| Sl. No.   | District       |   Number of Eligible Children |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------------------|
| 1         | Ajmer          |                             9 |
| 2         | Alwar          |                             3 |
| 3         | Banswara       |                             7 |
| 4         | Baran          |                             4 |
| 5         | Barmer         |                             6 |
| 6         | Bharatpur      |                             4 |
| 7         | Bhilwara       |                             9 |
| 8         | Bikaner        |                             3 |
| 9         | Bundi          |                             4 |
| 10        | Chittorgarh    |                             2 |
| 11        | Churu          |                             6 |
| 12        | Dausa          |                             6 |
| 13        | Dholpur        |                             2 |
| 14        | Dungarpur      |                             7 |
| 15        | Ganganagar     |                             1 |
| 16        | Hanumangarh    |                             5 |
| 17        | Jaipur         |                            16 |
| 18        | Jaisalmer      |                             0 |
| 19        | Jalore         |                             0 |
| 20        | Jhalawar       |                             5 |
| 21        | Jhunjhunu      |                             9 |
| 22        | Jodhpur        |                             9 |
| 23        | Karauli        |                             5 |
| 24        | Kota           |                            17 |
| 25        | Nagaur         |                            30 |
| 26        | Pali           |                            10 |
| 27        | Pratapgarh     |                             3 |
| 28        | Rajsamand      |                             6 |
| 29        | Sawai Madhopur |                             2 |
| 30        | Sikar          |                            10 |
| 31        | Sirohi         |                             2 |
| 32        | Tonk           |                             2 |
| 33        | Udaipur        |                             2 |
|           | Total          |                           206 |