Rs 3-lakh compensation for dependents of crime victims okayed by Cabinet

While the Centre will provide one-time assistance of Rs. 4.01 crore to crime victims and their dependants, the state will make budgetary provisions thereafter for the same, the Cabinet was informed.

Under the scheme, notified by the Department of Home Affairs and Justice, the state government will allocate a separate budget every year to the Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs. The Department of Home Affairs and Justice will be the Nodal Department for regulating, administering and monitoring the scheme, and will also ensure release of appropriate amount to State Legal Services Authority, which will further disburse the amount to District Legal Services Authorities as per their requirements.

In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court of India, the State Government would provide minimum compensation of Rs. 3 lakh each to victims of acid attack. In case of death due to acid attack, the family will be provided assistance of Rs. 5 lakh. In addition, the government will give 100 percent medical reimbursement to a victim of acid attack, including medicine, food, bedding and plastic surgery/reconstructive surgery, if required, at government approved hospitals.

Compensation of Rs. 3 lakh would be provided to a victim of rape and Rs. 4 lakh in murder with rape case, Rs. 2 lakh in case of physical abuse of minor, Rs. 1 lakh for rehabilitation of victim of human trafficking, Rs. 50,000 for sexual assault, Rs. 2 lakh in case of death, Rs. 2 lakh for permanent disability (80% or more), Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability (40% to 80%), Rs. 2 lakh in case of burns affecting greater than 25% of the body (excluding acid attack cases), Rs. 50,000 loss of foetus and Rs. 1.5 lakh for the victim of loss of fertility.

If the victim under 14 years of age, the compensation would be increased by 50 percent