He said this enhancement is over and above the Central Scheme for Assistance to civilian victims of terrorist violence under which Rs 5 lakh is paid for death and permanent disability.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde initiated an investigation into a road accident on the Samruddhi Expressway that resulted in 12 fatalities. He also announced a compensation of Rs five lakh to the families of each deceased from the state government.
A statement from the Ministry of Railways said that a maximum amount of up to Rs 50,000 will be paid in cash as immediate relief for taking care of initial expenses. The remaining amount is to be paid by cheque/RTGS/NEFT/any other online payment mode
The deceased were identified as D Ravindra Babu, Kakumanu Raja, Y Vijaya, Marlapati Chinakotaiah, U Purushottam, Geddam Madhu, K Yanadi and Rajeshwari.
Seven students were killed and over 25 others suffered grievous injuries after a school bus overturned in Noney district on Wednesday
The CM, in a statement issued on Monday, said four people each died in Purnea and Araria and three in Supaul due to thunderstorms and lightning.
Budget 2022 has formalised the tax exemption to payment received from employers or others for COVID-19 treatment.
“Claimants be given a chance to rectify their applications and such claims be seen by the grievance redressal committee within a week from January 19,” said the Supreme Court.
Till January 18, Maharashtra recorded 2.17 lakh applications, which is 34 percent more than its official COVID-19 death toll.
As per the new rules, families of troops killed in combat will be provided an ex-gratia payment of Rs 35 lakh, up from Rs 21.5 lakh being given till now.
The Centre in an application said that the exercise which was in active consideration of the NDMA was at an advance stage and requires a little more in-depth examination.
Odisha's Special Relief Commissioner B P Sethi urged the Centre to increase the ex-gratia in case of loss of limb or eyes and for those with a disability of more than 60 percent.
The minimum pension has been increased to Rs 9,000 per person besides a two-fold hike in ex-gratia amount for central government employees, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said today.
Puducherry governemnt today said said employees in the state government owned Public Sector Undertakings, Statutory Boards, Corporations, Cooperative Societies and autonomous bodies and institutions will be paid bonus and ex-gratia for Diwali this year at the same rate as was available in the previous year.
NC Jha, chairman at Coal India is confident that the offer made to PSU major’s workforce will resolve the ongoing labour unrest. “We are certain that Rs 17,000 bonus will be suffice to avert a union strike,” he said.
The Jammu and Kashmir government today announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh each to next of the kin of three persons, who went missing after a cloudburst hit Assar-Bagger area in Doda district, after the search operations were called off.