Who Is Eligible For Mission Vatsalya Scheme?

• Children below the age of 18 years who are in needy and helpless condition are eligible for sponsorship program sanction.

• Children of widowed or divorced or abandoned mother Orphaned and orphaned children living with other family members

• Children of parents with terminal illnesses

• Children are helpless parents who are unable to raise their children financially and physically

• Children in need of protection and care under the Child Justice (Protection & Fostering) Act-2015- Homeless children, Children exposed to natural calamities, Child laborers, Child victims of child marriage, H. I. Children affected by V/AIDS, children trafficked, children with disabilities, missing and abandoned children, street children, child beggars, children subjected to violence/harassment/abuse/exploitation, children in need of assistance and shelter.

• PM CARE FOR CHILDREN sanctioned children

  Children whose father is dead i.e. whose mother is widowed or divorced (there should be orders obtained from the court or the price can be paid with an agreement written in the presence of the village elders but the decision of the committee is final) or left the family.

• Both mother and father of the children are dead and orphaned and living with other family members.

  Parents suffering from life-threatening or life-threatening disease

• Children identified as child laborers, unaccompanied children, disabled children, runaway children, child beggars, children exposed to any natural calamity, street children, exploited children (as per JJ Act,2015).

• Children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19 i.e. Corona are such children who are registered under PMCares scheme.