Karnataka Appoints Officer To Ensure Help For Children Orphaned By Covid
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The Karnataka government has appointed an IAS officer to coordinate with the private sector, NGOs and NRIs regarding donations to tackle the pandemic.
A grim fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is children left orphaned as the infection claims their parents and family members. To address this issue, the Karnataka government has appointed a nodal officer, KP Mohan Raj, to ensure that such children get both immediate and long-term assistance. Besides this, the state government has appointed an IAS officer, Uma Mahadevan, to coordinate with the private sector, NGOs and NRIs regarding the donations coming in and being offered to tackle the pandemic. Ms Mahadevan is Principal Secretary in the state Panchayat Raj department.More Related News