Women and Child Development Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam on Thursday asked the governing body of 'Delhi State Child Protection Society' to closely work with the revenue department to streamline the financial assistance needed to be provided to the children who were orphaned due to Covid-19.
The direction came in a meeting chaired by the Minister that is attended by In the meeting, Madhu K Garg, Secretary and Dr Rashmi Singh (Director).
Gautam recommended the governing body to introduce an appreciation system for recognizing officers for their performance during the pandemic
"The proactive role of the Delhi Child Protection team to reach out to children who need our support is much appreciated. Such officers need to be rewarded for their hard work,” he said.
District child protection units have been looking into the safety, security and well being of children impacted during the COVID - 19 pandemic. The Minister appreciated the work of the child protection team during the pandemic and suggested the governing body to formulate a system to reward such hard-working officers.
The minister also suggested the governing body to work closely with the Revenue Department in providing financial assistance to those children who were unfortunately orphaned due to COVID - 19 under ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Parivar Arthik Sahayata Yojana'
Apart from this, officials of the department of child development also apprised the minister of a new initiative called 'Paalan' which would encourage corporate social responsibility partners to contribute towards sponsoring the need of children in vulnerable conditions especially those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.