Salient Features
- Strengthens family-based care, reduces institutional care, and supports foster care/adoption. Offers ₹3,000/month for children in institutional care and ₹4,000/month for non-institutional care.
- Beneficiaries: Children in need of care and protection, at risk of early marriage, or victims of violence/exploitation.
- Implementing Authority: Mission Vatsalya Project Approval Board.