Chandigarh: Reaffirming the Punjab Authorities’s dedication to the welfare and holistic growth of dependent and susceptible kids, Minister for Social Safety, Ladies and Youngster Improvement, Dr. Baljit Kaur, introduced the discharge of Rs.35.50 crore as monetary help for the month of March through the monetary 12 months 2026–27. The help will straight profit over 2.36 lakh kids throughout the State.
Highlighting the Authorities’s sustained deal with youngster welfare, the Minister knowledgeable {that a} finances provision of Rs.432.78 crore has been earmarked for the monetary 12 months 2026–27 to make sure uninterrupted monetary help to eligible beneficiaries.
Offering additional particulars, Dr. Baljit Kaur acknowledged that numerous dependent kids are at present benefiting underneath the scheme. She emphasised that the target of this help is to help kids’s schooling, healthcare and general growth, guaranteeing that no youngster is disadvantaged of a safe future as a consequence of monetary hardship.
Underneath the management of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Authorities continues to implement people-centric and compassionate welfare initiatives. The Minister stated that extending monetary help to dependent kids just isn’t merely a welfare measure, however a delicate and important step in direction of securing their future.
She additional elaborated that the scheme covers kids under 21 years of age whose mother and father have handed away, are lacking, or are unable to help the household as a consequence of bodily or psychological incapacity. The monetary help permits such kids to proceed their schooling and enhance their lifestyle.
Reiterating the Authorities’s dedication, Dr. Baljit Kaur stated that steady efforts are being made to strengthen social safety schemes and make sure the care, safety and holistic growth of each youngster belonging to susceptible sections of society.
She added that the Authorities’s goal is to construct a protected, inclusive and progressive Punjab, the place each youngster will get equal alternatives to develop and form a greater future.
