Lok Sabha Question No. 2042 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Commission for Protection of Child Right
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh Aujla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2042

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

## COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHT

## 2042. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that several children lost either both or one of the parents during the COVID-19 pandemic and are facing bleak future and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total number of COVID orphans as reported to National Commission for Protection of Child Right (NCPCR) or other agencies;
- (c) whether Supreme Court have directed the Central and State Governments to track all such children who are in distress and grant them financial assistance; and
- (d) if  so, the details thereof along with the details of funds disbursed under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme so far?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  As  per  information  provided  by  States/UTs,  data  of  orphan  children  who  have  lost their parents to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021, is at Annexure I. The data collected on Bal  Swaraj  Portal  launched  by  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Right  regarding orphan children is not specific to those children who have lost their parents to Covid.

All  District  Magistrates  have  been  directed  by  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  vide  its  order  dt. 27.07.21  in  Suo-moto  Writ  Petition  (C)  No.  4  of  2020  In  Re.  Contagion  of  Covid-19  virus  in Children Homes to continue uploading the information as and when received, on the Bal Swaraj portal.  The Court has also directed the States to provide information regarding the payment of an amount of Rs. 2000/- under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme to each of the eligible children.

The details of funds disbursed under the CPS (erstwhile Integrated Child Protection Scheme) during the last financial year is at Annexure-II .

Hon'ble PM has announced PM CARES for children scheme to support children who have lost both  parents  or  surviving  parent  or  legal  guardian  or  adoptive  parents  due  to  COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme provides support for education and health and will create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age. This corpus will be used to give a monthly financial support/ stipend form 18 years of age, for the next 5 years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education and on reaching the age  of  23  years,  he  or  she  will  get  the  corpus  amount  as  one  lump-sum  for  personal  and professional use. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in. The  portal  has  been  introduced  to  all  the  States  and  UTs  on 15.07.21. Any Citizen can inform the administration regarding a child eligible for support under this scheme through the portal.

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Annexure  to  part (a) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2042  for 30.07.2021  raised  by Shri  Gurjeet  Singh  Aujla  Rajaregarding  'Commission for Protection of Child Right'.

As per information provided by States/UTs data of orphan children who have lost their parents to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021 is as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Name of State                  |   No. of orphaned children |
|-----------|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | A&N Island                     |                          0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                 |                        119 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh              |                          0 |
| 4         | Assam                          |                          3 |
| 5         | Bihar                          |                          0 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                     |                          0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                   |                         16 |
| 8         | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu |                          2 |
| 9         | Delhi                          |                          1 |
| 10        | Goa                            |                          0 |
| 11        | Gujarat                        |                         45 |
| 12        | Haryana                        |                          0 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh               |                         13 |
| 14        | J&K                            |                          8 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                      |                         11 |
| 16        | Karnataka                      |                         09 |
| 17        | Kerala                         |                         09 |
| 18        | Ladakh                         |                          0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                    |                          0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                 |                         73 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                    |                         83 |
| 22        | Manipur                        |                          1 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                      |                          1 |
| 24        | Mizoram                        |                          0 |
| 25        | Nagaland                       |                          0 |
| 26        | Odisha                         |                         10 |
| 27        | Puducherry                     |                          2 |
| 28        | Punjab                         |                         20 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                      |                         19 |
| 30        | Sikkim                         |                          0 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                     |                          8 |
| 32        | Telangana                      |                         23 |
| 33        | Tripura                        |                          0 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                  |                        158 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                    |                          8 |
| 36        | West Bengal                    |                          3 |
|           | Total                          |                        645 |

## Annexure-II

Annexure  to  part (a) of Lok Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.2042  for 30.07.2021  raised  by Shri  Gurjeet  Singh  Aujla  Rajaregarding  'Commission for Protection of Child Right'.

| Details of fund   | disbursed under the CPS Scheme during the last financial   |
|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| year              | i.e. 2020-21 as on 31.03.2021.                             |

## (Rs.in lakhs)

| S. No.   | State/UT                 | Amount Released   |
|----------|--------------------------|-------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | 1827.84           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 293.55            |
| 3        | Assam                    | 3159.17           |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 2203.71           |
| 5        | Chattisgarh              | 2281.81           |
| 6        | Goa                      | 129.9             |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 2590.93           |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 2391.14           |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 1457.39           |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir          | 1490.55           |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 1425.26           |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 2897.87           |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 1135.84           |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 3531.26           |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 3433.13           |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 3468.9            |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 2014.36           |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 2243.71           |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 2125.64           |
| 20       | Orissa                   | 3302.54           |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 558.41            |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 3221.96           |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 612.81            |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 9636.91           |
| 25       | Telangana                | 431.61            |
| 26       | Tripura                  | 1075.65           |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 5235.63           |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 712.37            |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 4375.63           |
| 30       | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 282.97            |
| 31       | Chandigarh               | 169.21            |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 55.96             |
|          | Daman & Diu              |                   |
| 33       | Delhi                    | 656.76            |
| 34       | Lakshadweep              | 0                 |
| 35       | Ladakh                   | 153.18            |
| 36 Total | Puducherry               | 393.97 70977.53   |