PM Modi comes to aid: Authorises release of Rs 50,000 to orphan siblings

The siblings had found Rs 96,500 in demonetised currency notes in their locked house

Prime Minister Narender Modi authorized Rs 50,000 for a brother-sister duo in Kota who had found Rs 96,500 in the form of 171 demonetised bank notes, months after the government's deadline to exchange such notes, as reported by Hindustan Times.

The children, Sooraj Banjara (17) and his sister Saloni (9) are orphans and live in a shelter home. 

Apart from the money sanctioned from the Prime Minister's Discretionary Fund (PMDF), they were also insured under the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana (PMJJBY). The insurance premium of Rs