NCPCR asks States/UTs to upload data of children who lost one or both parents to COVID-19

NCPCR said the login ids of district child protection officers for uploading the data have been issued.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked all States and Union Territories (UTs) to upload data of children who have lost either one or both parents to on its portal. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani had on Tuesday said as many as 577 children across the country were orphaned after their parents succumbed to , citing reports of States and Union Territories from April 1 till March 25. The announcement by the apex child rights body comes a day after the Supreme Court directed all district officers across the States/UTs to fill data related to children who have lost either one of both parents to within 24 hours on the Bal Swaraj portal under the ‘Covid Care’ link.