Punjab CM Amarinder announces Rs 1500 per month for children orphaned in COVID pandemic
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Updated: May 20, 2021 19:23 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 20 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday announced a social security pension of Rs 1500 per month, beginning from July 1, along with free education up to graduation, for all those children orphaned in the Covid pandemic, as well as families that have lost their breadwinning member.
Terming it the state's duty to become the foster parents of the children who have lost both their parents in the unprecedented pandemic, the Chief Minister said his government will ensure free education in government institutions, for such children as well as children belonging to families that have lost their breadwinner to Covid.