The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details of the scheme recently announced under PM Cares Fund to help children who were orphaned due to COVID-19 and how the scheme will be implemented. Amicus curiae, advocate Gaurav Agrawal submitted before the top court that the government announced a scheme on May 29 to benefit children orphaned due to the pandemic. He added that they don't know yet how many children are beneficiaries of this scheme, though it said children who have lost parents, adoptive parent, etc would be its beneficiaries. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati submitted that the details of the scheme, including identification of beneficiaries would be filed before the court. The counsel for NCPCR submitted that state governments have not been able to provide complete information regarding children who have lost their parents due to the pandemic.

Source: dna June 01, 2021 13:07 UTC