Being the most affected state by the Coronavirus Pandemic, Maharashtra has lost a huge lot of its citizens. Amidst this, on Wednesday, Maharashtra’s Minister of Women and Child Development, Yashomati Thakur launched a scheme.
The scheme is named “Mission Vatsalya” and is for women who lost their husbands to COVID-19.
Minister Yashomati Thakur said, “The mission is aimed to serve around 18 benefits, schemes and services to such widows under one roof.”
Thaku mentioned that in the last 18 months, 15,095 women lost their husbands due to a coronavirus infection. “Of them, the number of women who have been listed by the District Task Force is 14,661. Efforts are being made by the WCD Department to provide 18 different services to help such women including making various certificates available. This includes several schemes like the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana, Gharkul Yojana for these women,” Thakur added.
