Kallakurichi tragedy: Financial aid extended for 38 affected children who lost their parents
A release said the 34 were enrolled in the centrally-sponsored Mission Vatsalya Sponsorship Scheme as Children in Need of Care and Protection (CNCP). It said the union government's share of funds for the scheme from October 2024 to March 2025 was received in April 2025.
However, considering the immediate needs of the children, the state government diverted necessary funds from other permissible heads and disbursed the assistance to all the children till June 2025.
TNIE reported on June 22 that the non-disbursal of assistance to the 38 children for a few months was swiftly resolved after it brought it to the attentions of higher officials.
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