HYDERABAD: On Monday, the Centre will begin PM Cares for Children, a comprehensive care and assistance programme for 4325 children across the nation who lost both parents or guardians to the COVID-19 pandemic between February 2020 and February 2022.
PM CARES for Children Scheme was launched by the PM Modi to support children who have lost both the parents or legal guardian or adoptive parents or surviving parent to Covid-19 pandemic.
Addressing the function virtually, PM Modi said, "I am talking to the children not as the PM, but as a member of your family. I am very relieved to be among children today. PM Cares for Children is a reflection of the fact that every countryman is with you with the utmost sensitivity."
PM Cares for Children was launched by PM Narendra Modi on Monday in Hyderabad for children who lost both their parents to Covid-19 between February and 2020 and February 2022 across the country.