Care and Protection of Children Affected by Covid-19 Pandemic
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has asked States and UTs to take immediate action for care and protection of children adversely impacted by COVID 19, in accordance with the provisions of the JJ Act 2015 and Rules thereunder, while leveraging the facilities funded under the Child protection Services scheme. The Ministry has also issued advisories and guidelines for encouraging COVID appropriate behaviour, monitoring of Child Care Institutions and coping strategies during COVID times for mental health support to children and care givers.
As per information provided by States/UTs data of orphan children who have lost their parents to Covid since April 2021 to 28.05.2021 is Annexed.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. SmritiZubinIrani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure
As per information provided by States/UTs data of children who have lost both or either of parents to Covid or have died because of any reason from April 2021 to 28.05.2021 is as follows:
| Sl. No. | Name of State | No. of orphaned children |
| 1 | A&N Island | 0 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 119 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 |
| 4 | Assam | 3 |
| 5 | Bihar | 0 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 0 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 16 |
| 8 | Dadra Nagar Haveli & Daman Diu | 2 |
| 9 | Delhi | 1 |
| 10 | Goa | 0 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 45 |
| 12 | Haryana | 0 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 13 |
| 14 | J&K | 8 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 11 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 09 |
| 17 | Kerala | 09 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 0 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 0 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 73 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 83 |
| 22 | Manipur | 1 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 1 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 0 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 0 |
| 26 | Odisha | 10 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 2 |
| 28 | Punjab | 20 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 19 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 0 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 8 |
| 32 | Telangana | 23 |
| 33 | Tripura | 0 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 158 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 8 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 3 |
| Total | 645 |