The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended that States and Union Territories across India discontinue their funding to Madrasa Boards.
In the last week of April, when the COVID-19 daily caseload in India crossed the catastrophic 4,00,000 mark, a five-year-old girl staying with her COVID-19 contracted parents in Mangalore’s Father Mullers Hospital became an orphan overnight, losing three family members within hours.