Pension scheme for Orphaned Children अनाथ बच्चों के लिए पेंशन योजना

अनाथ बच्चों के लिए पेंशन योजना यह स्कीम शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के लिए सहयोग प्रदान करती है और 18 वर्ष की आयु का होने पर प्रत्येक बच्चे के लिए 10 लाख रुपये का कोष निर्मित करती है। 

790. SHRI NARAIN DASS GUPTA

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether pension scheme was started by the Ministry for orphaned children during the COVID period;

(b) if so, whether there is a plan to give the benefit of this scheme to the children who became orphan due to other reasons as well; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

(ग) यदि नहीं, तो इसके क्या कारण हैं?

(a) to (c): PM CARES for Children scheme has been launched to support children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian or adoptive parents due to COVID-19 pandemic. The scheme provides support for education and health and creates a corpus of Rs.10 lakh for each child when he or she reaches 18 years of age. This corpus is used to give a monthly financial support/ stipend from 18 years of age, for the next 5 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 gets the corpus amount as one lump-sum for personal and professional use. The scheme is accessible through an online portal i.e. pmcaresforchildren.in.

(क) से (ग): पीएम केयर फॉर चिल्ड्रन स्कीम कोविड-19 महामारी के कारण माता-पिता दोनों या जीवित माता- पिता या कानूनी अभिभावक या दत्तक माता-पिता को खो चुके बच्चों को सहयोग करने के लिए शुरू की गई है। यह स्कीम शिक्षा और स्वास्थ्य के लिए सहयोग प्रदान करती है और 18 वर्ष की आयु का होने पर प्रत्येक बच्चे के लिए 10 लाख रुपये का कोष निर्मित करती है। इस कोष का उपयोग 18 वर्ष की आयु से अगले 5 वर्षों तक उच्च शिक्षा की अवधि के दौरान उसकी व्यक्तिगत जरूरतों का ध्यान रखने के लिए मासिक वित्तीय सहायता/छात्रवृत्ति देने में किया जाता है और 23 वर्ष की आयु का होने पर व्यक्तिगत और व्यावसायिक उपयोग के लिए उसे एकमुश्त राशि के रूप में कोष राशि प्रास होती है। यह स्कीम एक ऑनलाइन पोर्टल यानी pmcaresforchildren.in. के माध्यम से उपलब्ध है।

A pro-rata amount has been credited in the post office account of each identified child in such a manner that the corpus for each child becomes Rs.10 lakhs at the time of attaining 18 years of age. Children are entitled to receive monthly stipend between the age of 18 and 23 years, by investing the corpus of Rs.10 lakhs into Monthly Income Scheme of Post Office. They are entitled to receive the amount of Rs.10 lakh on attaining the age of 23 years. Children staying with relatives are receiving Rs.4000/- per month under Mission Vatsalya Scheme. Under the scheme, provision has been made for admission in the nearest Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan/Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or Private Schools. Further, annual scholarship of Rs.20,000/- are provided to all school going children of class 1-12. Children are also assisted in obtaining education loan for Professional courses / Higher Education in India for which interest is borne by PM CARES Fund. All children have been enrolled under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojna (AB PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs.5 lakh. The coverage of health insurance would be provided till they attain the age of 23 years.

 

Children can also avail the benefits of ‘Swanath Scholarship Scheme for Students’ which is implemented by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to study further in AICTE approved Institutions and courses. Under the scheme, Rs.50,000/- per annum is provided to each student for every year of study (i.e. maximum 4 years for Degree students and maximum 3 years for Diploma Students) as lump sum amount towards payment of college fee, purchase of computer, stationery, books, equipment, software etc. These children are also covered under the initiative of AICTE, “Kaushal Augmentation and Restructuring Mission of AICTE” (KARMA), for all AICTE approved institutions in the country to overcome the dual challenge of scarcity of skilled manpower in jobs and low skill level of those who are presently in jobs.

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