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PM Cares for Children Nation

PM CARES FOR CHILDREN

AN INITIATIVE FULL OF
AN INITIATIVE FULL OF

COMPASSION AND TRUST
COMPASSION AND TRUST

Covid came out with an unprecedented challenge for the whole world and India was no exception
to it. The country unitedly faced the biggest pandemic of the century but many people lost their
lives leaving behind their children with no one to look after them. For Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, the whole country is his family. With this belief, he started PM CARES for children who have
lost their parents, not only as the Prime Minister but as a concerned member of their families,
looking after their protection and providing assistance to them. With the motto of 'Saath Aur
Vishwas', the Central Government is working continuously for the all-around development of these
children so that their future is secure having every possibility of infinite success...

ometimes adverse turn of events brings
us to unexpected situations that we have EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO MAKE CHILDREN
Snot even imagined. While laughing and EDUCATED AND SELF-RELIANT
playing, suddenly darkness falls, and everything Education loan provision has been made in
changes. Covid has done something similar in higher education for the children who lost their
parents during Covid, which will be paid from
the lives of many people, in many families. Due the PM CARES Fund. For the secure future
to Covid, many children lost their parents and of the children, the amount received from
faced a plethora of challenges. To tackle such the Prime Minister's Fund will be invested
challenges and help the children, PM CARES according to the age, which will be 10 lakh
for Children has come out as a boon which is rupees when the children turn 18. From the
making a small effort to ease the hardships of interest received on this amount, children will
be given money for every month till the age
all the children affected by Covid. PM Cares of 18 to 23 years. Also, a scholarship of Rs
for Children is also a reflection of the fact that 50,000 per year is to be given from the Swanath
every countryman is with you with the utmost Scholarship Scheme for technical education
sensitivity. “Today I am talking to you not as after schooling. There is also
the Prime Minister, but as a member of your a provision for skill training
family. I am very relieved to be among all of for school dropouts after
class X. Along with this,
you kids today." These words of Prime Minister an ex-gratia amount of Rs
Narendra Modi during the program to transfer 50,000 has been given
scholarships to the children orphaned during as per the instructions
the Covid pandemic under the PM CARES for of the Ministry of Home
Children show that the whole country is his Affairs.
family and he takes their care as a part of their
family member.

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