Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has launched Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana. 1062 children orphaned in Uttarakhand during the COVID-19 period, who will now be eligible to get financial assistance under Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana.
The financial assistance from the government will be deposited directly into the bank accounts of orphans through DBT (Direct Bank Transfer). The first and second wave of COVID-19 wreaked havoc across the country.
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Many children became orphans when they lost one or both of their parents. Such children will get help from Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana. Under the Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana, a total of 1062 children were given an amount of Rs. 3,000 through DBT in the first phase.
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After the completion of the first phase, the Uttarakhand government is also looking for the benefit facility for these orphans in the second round of this welfare scheme. All the children who became orphans due to the COVID-19 period can claim benefits from this scheme.
Along with this, CM Dhami has also announced to give 5 percent reservation to orphan children of government employees. Women’s Empowerment and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya said that this scheme will prove to be a milestone for the orphan children and will show that the government is always with them.
The surviving parents of the children associated with the scheme have expressed their gratitude and said that the government has given them great relief. Children will be greatly benefited by this scheme and will definitely perform well in future.
CM Dhami is his uncle and minister Rekha Arya is his aunt
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched Mukhyamantri Vatsalya Yojana at the Chief Minister’s residence. The CM said that all the children orphaned due to COVID-19 can consider them as their maternal uncle and Women and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya as their aunt from today. CM Dhami said that all the children who were orphaned due to Kovid-19 should not consider themselves alone as the Chief Minister and the Minister of Women and Child Development are their families. children in the future.
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