Madhya Pradesh
'Dedication for Children' Program by NCPCR
- 06 Oct 2021
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Recently, the National Commission for Protection of Children has started the program 'Bachchon ke liye Samarpan' (Dedication for Children) in three districts of Madhya Pradesh - Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore.
Key Points
- In this, financial assistance will be given to such children, who have lost one or both of their parents due to the corona epidemic.
- Chairman of the Commission Priyank Kanungo said that the program of 'Dedication for Children' will be expanded in future.
- The first installment of 1 lakh 66 thousand rupees was transferred to the accounts of children and their guardians at the rate of two thousand rupees per child per month under private sponsorship to 83 children identified by the commission of three districts of the state by Vedantu Innovation Limited.
- The Commission has collected data of all children directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, who have become vulnerable, who need care and protection and who have given their single parent or both parents to COVID- Lost for any other reason after 19 or March 2020. Non-governmental organizations have also been added to benefit them.
