News & Notes 903:Increase of Children's Maintenance
Increase of Children's Maintenance from January 2022 onwards
Dear Community, in October 2021 the BCC gave equal opportunities for financial support to all our children regardless of how the parent is contributing to Auroville.
The Children’s Maintenance is since then available to any child
- below the age of 18,
- living in Auroville,
- whose parents’ resources are insufficient*
* As Auroville is at present unable to provide all Aurovilians with sufficient maintenance, people who have their own resources are requested not to apply for maintenance; or if their resources are insufficient, only to apply for what is necessary. (extract from existing Work, Maintenance, and Individual Contribution Guidelines)
To support this broader scope the BCC had reduced the individual Children’s Maintenance amounts. As of December, 113 more children are receiving financial support, which is less than we budgeted for.
Therefore we are able to increase the Children’s Maintenance amounts by Rs 1,000/child, which was also requested by some community members.
It will be adjusted automatically from January ’22 onwards, as per the overview below:
Children From 0-18 At the age of 0-5 At the age of 6-13 At the age of 14-18 (starts with birth, ends with 6th birthday) (starts with 6th birthday, ends with 14th birthday) (starts with 14th birthday, ends with 18th birthday) Cash 600 600 1,100 Kind 1,700 2,700 3,200 Health Fund (HF) 250 250 250 Nandini 450 450 450 Total 3,000 4,000 5,000
You can apply for children’s maintenance at any time.
In case you need financial support for your child, please send a mail to bcc.care (at) auroville.org.in.
Please mention the name and birthdate of the child and your Financial Service account number.
Your Budget Coordination Committee (BCC)
Aurosugan, Danny, Enrica, Fabien, Hans, Inge, Mahi, Mathan, Rathinam, Suryamayi