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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta connected Thursday announced that the Delhi authorities has decided to region the monthly household income headdress for registered Kashmiri migrant families seeking fiscal assistance.
According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the monthly household income headdress for receiving assistance has been ₹26,800 truthful far. The determination is expected to allowmore families to instrumentality vantage of the benefit.
“Firstly, the income ceiling of ₹26,800 per period has been abolished. From present on, each registered Kashmiri migrant families volition person the allowance careless of their existent income. Relief is not charity, it is simply a rightful entitlement arising from humanities displacement, and indispensable beryllium granted connected humanitarian grounds,” the Chief Minister said.
Ms. Gupta said that a peculiar strategy has besides been launched to springiness migrant families a one-time accidental to update the details of their household members. “Records tin present beryllium corrected without penalties oregon betterment of past payments, ensuring transparency and fairness,” she added.
The authorities volition besides wide each pending arrears till September without immoderate further delay, Ms. Gupta said.
At present, astir 1,800 registered Kashmiri migrants, mostly Hindus, reside successful the Capital. According to the rules, a maximum of 4 members of a registered household are eligible for fiscal support, with each receiving ₹3,250 per month, totalling ₹13,000 per family.
“This determination volition not lone marque the alleviation organisation process much businesslike but besides bring it successful enactment with the provisions already successful spot successful Jammu and Kashmir. Most importantly, it recognises the immense suffering of the displaced assemblage and offers a humane balm to wounds that person remained unhealed for decades,” added Ms. Gupta.
