Government will aid children who have lost both parents to Covid – but why not all vulnerable kids?
The state has a legal, as well as a moral, duty to support all vulnerable children. 10 hours ago A baby girl in an orphanage run by Life Line Trust in Salem, Tamil Nadu. | Mansi Thapliyal/Reuters
As the second wave of Covid-19 swept across India, Minister for Women and Child Welfare Smriti Irani said on May 25 in a tweet that at least 577 children had lost both their parents between April 1 and May 25.
As news of Covid-19 orphans began to cause concern, several states have announced monetary help and other forms of assistance to them. Congress President Sonia Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free education in Navoday Vidyalayas to them.
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