Jammu, May 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, has increased the ex-gratia relief under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) in respect of death/disability/injury of civilians and government employees due to violence or any other form of civil commotion.
This enhancement is over and above the Central Scheme for Assistance to civilian victims of terrorist violence under which '5 lakhs are paid for death and permanent disability.
According to a spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir government, in case of the death of a civilian, the ex-gratia has been increased from '1 Lakh to '2.5 lakh, which is two-and-a-half-fold increase (250 per cent enhancement).
In case of permanent disability due to violence or civil commotion, the...