Never too late: 1984 victims to get Rs 5L compensation
1 Nov 2014 4:11 AM IST
The riot victims who have been pleading for justice since the last 30 years during the UPA regime has failed to draw the much needed attention from the previous government. Now, with the NDA government extending all cooperation to the riot victims, kin of those killed heaved a sigh of relief with an expectation to get a more dignified social acceptance in coming years.
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Sources said, the order was passed by home minister Rajnath Singh, who took the decision after a high-level meeting where the issue of compensation to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or Naxal violence was discussed threadbare.
Apart from 1984 riot victims, Singh has also increased the compensation to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or Naxal violence from Rs three lakh to Rs five lakh. So far, next of kin of persons killed or civilians who suffered permanent incapacitation as a result of such violence were paid Rs 3 lakh as per provisions of the Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist, Communal, Naxal violence since 2008.
‘Assistance would be given to the surviving spouse in case of death or permanent incapacitation of the husband or the wife, as the case may be. If both the husband and the wife died in same incident of violence, the family would be entitled to get the assistance, in each case,’ Ministry spokesperson said. Families of the victims would be eligible to get assistance under the scheme even if they have received any other assistance, by way of payment of ex-gratia or any other type of relief from the government or any other source except when a similar scheme is already being implemented by the Central government.
As per ministry statistics, the union government had disbursed Rs 6.12 crore as compensation to civilian victims in 204 incidents of terrorist, communal and naxal violence in 2011-12 and Rs 3.99 crore to civilian victims in 133 such incidents in 2012-13. No reimbursement could be made to any civilian victims in incidents of terrorist, communal and Naxal violence during 2013-14 and 2014-15 (till July) as state governments did not send the proposals.
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Sources said, the order was passed by home minister Rajnath Singh, who took the decision after a high-level meeting where the issue of compensation to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or Naxal violence was discussed threadbare.
Apart from 1984 riot victims, Singh has also increased the compensation to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or Naxal violence from Rs three lakh to Rs five lakh. So far, next of kin of persons killed or civilians who suffered permanent incapacitation as a result of such violence were paid Rs 3 lakh as per provisions of the Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victims of Terrorist, Communal, Naxal violence since 2008.
‘Assistance would be given to the surviving spouse in case of death or permanent incapacitation of the husband or the wife, as the case may be. If both the husband and the wife died in same incident of violence, the family would be entitled to get the assistance, in each case,’ Ministry spokesperson said. Families of the victims would be eligible to get assistance under the scheme even if they have received any other assistance, by way of payment of ex-gratia or any other type of relief from the government or any other source except when a similar scheme is already being implemented by the Central government.
As per ministry statistics, the union government had disbursed Rs 6.12 crore as compensation to civilian victims in 204 incidents of terrorist, communal and naxal violence in 2011-12 and Rs 3.99 crore to civilian victims in 133 such incidents in 2012-13. No reimbursement could be made to any civilian victims in incidents of terrorist, communal and Naxal violence during 2013-14 and 2014-15 (till July) as state governments did not send the proposals.
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