Modi stumps Pak again- Govt announces enhanced compensation for terror victims,
PoK residents can apply too
The Centre today announced enhanced compensation
for civilian victims of terror and said that Pakistan Occupied Kashmiris could
apply too.
Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu by Yashaswani Sehrawat
New Delhi, August 24, 2016 |
BRIEFCASE
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Centre announces enhanced compensation for terror
victims.
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Say Pakistan
Occupied Kashmiris could claim too.
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Compensation
increased from Rs 3 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs.
The Modi government has announced enhanced
compensation for civilian victims of terror and have said that Pakistan
Occupied Kashmiris, who are also our people, can claim this compensation too.
This comes days after Narendra Modi raised
the issue of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in his
Independence Day speech.
ANOTHER BOLD MOVE
Minister of state for PMO, Jitendra Singh, announced
compensation for civilian victims and said "Pakistan Occupied Jammu and
Kashmiris are an important part of India and they can also claim such a
compensation."
He said, "By the virtue of the Constitution of
India, rules also apply in that part of the country which is occupied by
Pakistan. Those residents are also our people and are victims of similar
condition."
The statement comes after Union Cabinet, chaired by
Prime Minister Modi, gave its approval to enhance the grant of compensation to
the civilian victims under the scheme titled "Central Scheme for
Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist/ Communal/Left Wing Extremist
(LWE), Cross Border Firing and Mine/IED blasts on Indian Territory".
The compensation had been increased from Rs 3 lakhs
to Rs 5 lakhs.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCHEME
1.
For the first
time, civilian victims of cross border firing along the Indo-Pak border will be
given a compensation of Rs 5 lakh similar to those who die due to terrorism or
LWE violence.
2.
The decision to
give compensation to the victims of cross border firing and enhancing the
amount was taken by the government today.
3.
From now on, any
civilian who dies anywhere in the country due to terror attack, LWE violence,
firing from across the border, shelling or IED explosion will be given Rs5 lakh
as compensation uniformly.
4.
The amount will be
given to the next of kin of the victim.
5.
Rs 5 lakh will
also be given to those who receive 50 per cent or more disability or
incapacitation due to the same reasons.
6.
The compensation
amount will be given subject to the condition that no employment has been
provided to any of the family members of the victims by state or Central
Government.
7.
So far, the
government has disbursed Rs 35.89 crore as compensation to civilian victims
since the inception of this scheme first came in 2008.
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