State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) chairman Keshali Appa Rao appealed to teachers to help enroll orphans and other vulnerable children under the centrally sponsored Mission Vatsalya scheme.
The initiative is an Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) to create a protective environment for such children through government-civil society partnership and is monitored by the Ministry of Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW).
Orphan; Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP) under the JJ Act, 2015; And children who lost their parents to COVID-19 are eligible for the scheme, Mr Appa Rao said. Runaway children, special children, street children, child laborers and other exploited minors can also be enrolled; Children should be students.
He requested the teachers; Anganwadi and village and ward secretariat staff; and volunteers to identify and enroll such children under the scheme, through which the center will provide monthly financial assistance of ₹4,000 to each child. He said that people enrolled under PM Cares are also eligible.
The last date to apply is 15 April. For more information, parents and volunteers of eligible children may contact the Child Development Project Officer in the WD&CW Department. The applications, along with the required documents, should be submitted at the Anganwadi centres.