The PM released the benefits of PM CARES for Children scheme for children who lost their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This scheme promised Rs 4,000 a month for basic needs, financial support for schooling, scholarship for higher education, and free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh.
The scheme will also help youth of 18 to 23 years, who lost their parents in the pandemic, with a monthly stipend.
And they will be given Rs 10 lakh when they turn 23.
Children will also be being given the Ayushman Health Card through ‘PM Cares for Children’ to avail free facility of treatment up to Rs 5 lakhs.