Stalin orders Rs 5 lakh deposit for children who've lost parents to Covid

After chairing a meeting of senior officials, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin ordered a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh in the names of minor children orphaned due to Covid-19.

Chennai:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday ordered a fixed deposit of Rs 5 lakh in the names of minor children who had lost their parents to Covid-19.

Stalin passed the orders after chairing a meeting of senior officials.

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According to a statement issued the following orders have been issued to the officials with regards to children who had lost their parents to Covid-19

-open a fixed deposit for Rs 5 lakh each in the names of each child who had lost its parents to Covid-19. When the child attains 18 years of age, the principal and accumulated interest to be paid to that child;

-preference to be given to such children in admission to government-owned homes and hostels;

-state government to foot their education, hostel costs till their graduation;

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-if one of the parents of a child dies due to Covid-19, payment of Rs.3 lakh to the surviving parent;

-if a child that lost both its parents and living with its relatives and others payment of Rs.3,000 per month till they attain 18 years of age;

-Rs 5 lakh fixed deposit for a child who had already lost one of its parents earlier and loses the surviving parent;

-a district-wise committee will be formed to oversee the beneficiary children.

(with agency inputs)

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