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Home Minister G. Parameshwara connected Tuesday told the Legislative Council that the State authorities would see expanding the monthly pension for acerb onslaught survivors to ₹50,000 from the existing ₹10,000 and instrumentality further measures to enactment their rehabilitation.
Responding to a treatment initiated by nominated Congress subordinate K. Shivakumar connected the plight of acerb onslaught victims, Mr. Parameshwara said the authorities was conscious of the difficulties faced by survivors and that helium would spot the substance earlier the Chief Minister. “I volition prevail upon the Chief Minister to summation the pension to ₹50,000,” helium said.
169 survivors
At present, acerb onslaught survivors are getting a monthly pension of ₹10,000. Of the 169 survivors identified successful the State, 59 person been receiving the pension, portion the remaining cases are nether process, helium said.
Mr. Parameshwara said the authorities has been extending assorted forms of enactment to acerb onslaught victims and would instrumentality steps to simplify procedures to guarantee that survivors are capable to entree benefits much easily.
On the request for lodging for the victims, the Minister said the Karnataka Slum Development Board and Rajiv Gandhi Housing Corporation person already recommended allotment of houses to them.
The Minister said the authorities would analyse ways to modulate the merchantability of acerb much effectively.
Low condemnation rate
Addressing concerns raised successful the House regarding the debased condemnation complaint successful specified cases, Mr. Parameshwara said the contented would beryllium examined and measures would beryllium discussed with the departments acrophobic to amended the complaint of conviction.
On employment support, helium said ₹2 crore has already been acceptable speech for rehabilitation measures for acerb onslaught survivors. While interest-free loans are presently available, the authorities would analyse the anticipation of providing grants instead.
Mr. Parameshwara said One Stop Centres person been established to assistance victims, and constabulary person been instructed to guarantee escaped and just registration of FIRs.
Earlier, Mr. Shivakumar said determination are 169 acerb onslaught survivors successful the State and urged the authorities to supply housing, employment opportunities, and escaped aesculapian treatment, including integrative surgery, to assistance them rebuild their lives. He said the survivors are asked to taxable the FIR transcript and different individuality cards to avail benefits. However, the constabulary stations wherever the FIRs had been filed person destroyed the aged FIRs.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar suggested that fast-track courts beryllium considered for handling specified cases. Labour Minister Santosh Lad said his section would see helping the survivors done the State Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Board.
