51% of applications under PM Cares scheme for Covid orphans rejected

Of more than 9,300 applications submitted under PM Cares for Children scheme for Covid-19 orphans, a little over 4,500 have been approved, said officials on Tuesday.

According to shared by the Women and Child Development Ministry as many as 9,331 applications from 613 districts in 33 states and union territories (UTs) were received under this scheme. A total of 4,781 applications, or 51 per cent, of them were rejected while 18 are pending approval.

PM CARES for Children Scheme, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2021 during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic, was aimed to support children who lost their parents, a legal guardian, adoptive parents, or a surviving parent to the pandemic between March 11, 2020 to May 5, 2023.