PM Cares Scheme 2024 : Check Eligibility and Guidelines

The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Damodar Das Modi has launched the PM Cares Scheme on 29th May 2021 for the children of the country. The aim of the scheme is to support those children who have lost their both the parents or legal guardian or Adoptive parents or surviving parents during Covid-19 pandemic started from 11th March 2020. The scheme ensures complete care and protection of Children in a sustained manner. According to the reports, 9,331 applications from 613 districts covering 33 states and Union Territories (UTs) were received under the scheme.

Out of the total applications only 4,532 applications from 558 districts across 32 states and UTs were accepted, however 4,781 applications were rejected and 18 are pending. For more details about the scheme check the official website at pmcaresforchildren.in. To avail the benefit of the scheme Further we will discuss about the scheme in more details.

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PM Cares Scheme

The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Damodar Das Modi has taken the initiative to launch PM Cares Scheme for the children of the country. The scheme ensures complete care and protection of children in a sustained manner and enable their well being through health insurance. This scheme empower the children through education and equip them for self-sufficient existence. The Government will provide financial assistance to these children when they reach at the age of 23 years. Financial support of Rs. 10 Lakh will be provided to children.

Under this scheme the government will provide assistance for higher education in the form of loan. However, under the scheme, some of the states has received highest number of applications under this scheme which includes Rajasthan (1,533 applications), Maharashtra (1,511 applications) and Uttar Pradesh (1,007 applications). Approved number of application in these states includes 210 from Rajasthan, 855 from Maharashtra and 467 from Uttar Pradesh.

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Key Highlights Of PM Cares Scheme

Name of the Yojana	PM Cares Scheme
Launched By	The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Damodar Das Modi
Executed By	Women and Child Development Ministry
Launched Date	29th May 2021
Objective	To support those children who have lost their both the parents or legal guardian or Adoptive parents or surviving parents during Covid-19 pandemic started from 11th March 2020
Benefits	The Government will provide financial assistance to these children when they reach at the age of 23 years.
Beneficiary	Children of the country
Year	2024
Hosting Site	NIC (National Informatics Center)
Payment Mode	Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
Mode of Application	Online
Official Website	pmcaresforchildren.in

Objectives Of PM Cares Scheme

The objectives of the scheme are as follows:

• The primary objective of launching the Scheme is to support those children who have lost their both the parents or legal guardian or Adoptive parents or surviving parents during Covid-19 pandemic started from 11th March 2020.
• Another aim of the scheme is to ensure complete care and protection of children in a sustained manner and enable their well being through health insurance.

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Benefits & Features Of PM Cares Scheme

Here are some of the benefits & features of the scheme, which are as follows:

• The scheme ensures complete care and protection of children in a sustained manner and enable their well being through health insurance.
• This scheme empower the children through education and equip them for self-sufficient existence.
• The Government will provide financial assistance to these children when they reach at the age of 23 years.
• Financial support of Rs. 10 Lakh will be provided to all the children under this scheme.
• Under this scheme the government will provide assistance for higher education in the form of loan.
• To support for boarding and lodging rehabilitation of all children will be provided under this scheme.
• Under this scheme the assistance for school education will be given by providing admissions in school.
• The government will also provide health insurance coverage of Rs. 5 Lakh under this scheme.
• This scheme also provides scholarship of Rs. 20,000 per child per annum for all school going children of class 1 to 12.

Eligibility Criteria

To avail the benefit, farmers should fulfill these eligibility criteria:

• Applicant should be a permanent resident of India.
• Those children who have lost their both the parents or legal guardian or Adoptive parents or surviving parents during Covid-19 pandemic started from 11th March 2020 are eligible for the scheme.

Required Documents

To avail the benefit of the scheme, candidates should have these following documents:

• Aadhaar Card
• Voter ID

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Login Procedure Under PM Cares Scheme

To login under the portal of the scheme, please follow the steps given below:

• Visit the Official Website at pmcaresforchildren.in.

• Click on “Login” button on the menu bar of the homepage.
• Then click on “CHILD” button, another page will appear on your screen.
• Enter Child ID of Children, password and Captcha Code.
• Click on “Login” button to get successfully logged in to your dashboard.

Contact Details

Helpline No:

011-23381970

Email ID:

cw3division-mwcd[at]gov[dot]in

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