MP govt vows to take responsibility of all orphaned children in the state

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that the state government will now take care of all orphaned children in the state.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday announced that the state government will take responsibility of all orphaned children in the state. In May, the Madhya Pradesh government had announced a scheme under which the state government was to provide several benefits, including financial assistance of Rs 5,000 per month to children who had lost an earning parent or both their parents to Covid-19 pandemic. The chief minister on Sunday said that the state government will arrange for the education, food, and lodging of children who have been orphaned due to coronavirus as well as those who had lost both their parents due to any other reason.