U.P Government to launch Scheme for Women who lost their husbands to Covid-19

By: WE Staff | Thursday, 1 July 2021

The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adithyanath directed officials to launch a mission-mode scheme to assist women who have lost their husbands to Covid-19.

Employment, skill development, financial assistance, and connections to various development schemes will all be part of the assistance.

“The mission will address concerns of all such women who need help from the government at this crucial juncture. It will be framed on the lines of the recent scheme for children who have lost their parents or the earning member of the family to Covid-19,” a government spokesperson said.

The mission will be structured by the Department for Women and Child Development.Director, department of women and child development, Manoj Rai said, “Work has already started and the outline of the programme should be ready this week. Work under the mission will take place in two phases. We will identify women who have been widowed due to Covid-19 and need assistance.

Simultaneously, we will also identify schemes being implemented by all departments to which these women can be linked. The programme will work on convergence mode,” he said.

The second phase of the programme will look at the beneficiaries' specific needs and how they can be helped.

“Women will be provided help in finding employment and will be linked to schemes which can help them financially. The revenue department will also help in identifying such women and ensure that they get family succession benefits at the earliest,” he added.

“Officials should try and help resolve any dispute among the inmates of old age homes and provide them all facilities,” the CM said.