Srinagar, May 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday increased the ex-gratia relief under security related expenditure in case of death, disability or injury of civilians and government employees due to violence or any other form of civil commotion, an official spokesperson said. 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. "In case of the death of a civilian, the ex gratia has been increased from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.2.5 lakh, which is a two-and-a-half-fold increase," the spokesperson further added. In case of permanent disability, the ex gratia was hiked from Rs.75,000 to Rs.1.5 lakh, he said. "In case of death of ex-servicemen (police), the ex gratia was increased from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.4 lakh," he added. At present, in case of death of a magistrate on duty, the ex gratia is Rs.2 lakh, which has been enhanced to Rs.5 lakh, he said. In case of permanent disability of magistrate while on duty, the ex gratia would be Rs.1.5 lakh, he added. Under the SRE scheme, Sinha also approved the ex-gratia for village defence guards (VDG), the official said. In case of death of VDGs, the ex gratia was enhanced from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.2.5 lakh and in case of permanent disability, the ex gratia would be Rs.1.5 lakh, he said. "In case of death of government employee while on duty due to violence, the ex gratia was increased to Rs.5 lakh from existing Rs.1 lakh," he said. In case of permanent disability, the ex gratia has been increased from Rs.75,000 to Rs.1.5 lakh. The governor paid tributes to the people who made the supreme sacrifice in service to the nation....