Bhopal: Expressing concern over an increasing number of children being orphaned amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced that children, who lost their parents or guardians to the virus will be provided free education and a monthly pension of Rs 5,000.
“We will give Rs 5000 per month pension to the children, who have lost their parents/guardians in this Covid pandemic. We will also arrange free education for these children and free ration for these families,” ANI quoted Chouhan as saying.
He also announced that the state “will grant loans on government guarantee to the people, who want to work”.
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The Chief Minister also posted the announcements made by him on his official Twitter handle.
“The corona epidemic has broken many families. There are families where the aged people have been left alone and the children who have lost their fathers due to Covid. Hence we have decided to provide a pension of Rs 5,000 per month to those families where the children have lost their fathers/guardian with no bread earner,” he wrote on the micro-blogging platform in Hindi.
The announcement come as Madhya Pradesh earlier on Wednesday reported 8,970 fresh Covid cases while 84 people succumbed to the virus.