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26/04/22 20:51 PM IST

Virtual Regional Conclaves On PM Cares For Children Scheme

In News 
  • In order to foster sensitization regarding various aspects of PM Cares for Children Scheme, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) organized 4 virtual Regional Conclaves on PM Cares for Children Scheme.
Objective 
  • To sensitize and bring-in the roles being played by all the stakeholder Departments.
PM Cares for Children Scheme
  • PM Cares for Children Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister of India on 29th May 2021 to provide comprehensive support for children who have lost both their parents or legal guardians or Adoptive Parents or Surviving Parents to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • This Scheme enables the well-being of such children through health insurance, empowers them through education, and equips them for self-sufficient existence with financial support.
  • The Ministry of Women and Child Development has been anchoring the Scheme, which is leveraging technology to identify, register and support the children through an online portal.
NCPCR 
  • National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body constituted under provision of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005 (4 of 2006) for protection of child rights and other related matters.
  • Along with its other functions and roles, the Commission under Section 13 (1) (h) of the CPCR Act, 2005 is mandated to; “spread child rights literacy among various sections of the society and promote awareness of the safeguards available for protection of these rights through publications, the media, seminars and other available means.
Source-PIB 

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