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PM-CARES for Children Scheme
PM-CARES for Children Scheme launched for support & empowerment of Covid affected children.
All children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid-19 will be supported under the ‘PM-CARES for Children’ scheme.
The benefits under the scheme are as follows:
◆ Fixed Deposit in the name of the child:
● PM CARES will contribute through a specially designed scheme to create a corpus of Rs 10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age.
● This corpus will be used to give a monthly stipend from 18 years of age, for the next five years to take care of his or her personal requirements during the period of higher education, and on reaching the age of 23 years, he or she will get the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use.
◆ School Education for children under 10 years:
● The child will be given admission to the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.
● If the child is admitted to a private school, the fees as per the RTE norms will be given from PM CARES.
● PM-CARES will also pay for expenditure on the uniform, textbooks and notebooks.
◆ School Education for children between 11-18 years:
● The child will be given admission to any Central Government residential school such as Sainik School, Navodaya Vidyalaya, etc.
● In case the child is to be continued under the care of the guardian/grandparents/extended family, then he or she will be given admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya or in a private school as a day scholar.
● If the child is admitted to a private school, the fees as per the RTE norms will be given from PM CARES.
● PM CARES will also pay for expenditure on the uniform, textbooks and notebooks.
◆ Support for Higher Education:
● The child will be assisted in obtaining an education loan for Professional courses/Higher Education in India as per the existing education loan norms. The interest on this loan will be paid by PM CARES.
● As an alternative, scholarship equivalent to the tuition fees/course fees for undergraduate/vocational courses as per Government norms will be provided to such children under Central or State Government Schemes. For children who are not eligible under the existing scholarship schemes, PM CARES will provide an equivalent scholarship.
◆ Health Insurance:
● All children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs.
● The premium amount for these children till the age of 18 years will be paid by PM CARES.
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