'Children of state': Telangana government to adopt orphans, provide amenities

The Telangana government has decided to adopt orphaned children in the state and provide them with all amenities on humanitarian grounds.

By Apoorva Jayachandran: Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday announced that the government would introduce an "Orphan Policy" under which it will adopt orphans in the state. The policy will serve the orphans in the state and they will be considered 'children of the state', said Telangana minister KT Rama Rao. This scheme will be introduced in the next cabinet session, said the minister.

The government will provide the children with all amenities on humanitarian grounds, much like the other schemes introduced by the Telangana government, said the minister.

The Telangana government in 2022 decided to introduce a Comprehensive Act aiming at providing better living conditions for orphaned children in the state.

The cabinet sub committee on Child Welfare and Women's Development then took a slew of important decisions which included declaring orphans as 'State Children' (Rashtra Biddalu) to extend all kinds of assistance to the orphans.