The Bihar government has increased the compensation amount from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for the sisters and daughters who are suffering from rape and acid attack (Bihar Victim Compensation Scheme 2019). The Bihar Rape & Acid Attack Victim Compensation Scheme of Nitish Sarkar has been launched after the decision of the Supreme Court. The amount given under this government scheme will be fully borne by the state government. The Law Ministry of the state government has decided to amend this Rape and Acid Attack Victim Compensation Scheme Amendment.
Earlier, rape and acid attack Victims were given 3 lakhs in this scheme (Rape & Acid Attack Victim Compensation Scheme in Bihar) but it was considered to amend the meeting held by the Law Minister in which now all the victims women, daughters are given a maximum of 10. Lakhs will be compensated. In addition, if the victim’s age is 14 years or less, then the compensation amount can be increased by 50 percent.
Special Secretary UA Pandey said that in addition to this, it has also been decided to give a maximum compensation of Rs 10 thousand per month for life if the face of the acid victim is permanently deformed or damage to the eye.
Rape and acid attack victim scheme
Important features of this Bihar Victim Compensation (Amendment) Scheme (Rape & Acid Attack Victim Compensation Scheme Highlights) and other information are as follows:
- Earlier the amount of compensation was 3 lakhs, after that it increased to 7 lakhs but now it has been increased to a maximum of 10 lakhs. With this, if the woman is educated, then the state government will also arrange for her job.
- For a victim of 14 years or less, the amount can be increased to more than Rs. 10 lakhs so that her education and education will not reduce the money in any way in the marriage.
- It has also been decided to pay a maximum of Rs. 10 thousand per month for life if the acid victim’s face is permanently deformed or the eye is damaged. Which has not been taken by any state government yet.
- Apart from this, with this amount the victim can also take loan from the government to start self-employment.
The victim’s woman or her family can ask for compensation amount from the DC office. The Central Government has also started many schemes for women, so that awareness of women among the people can be brought and the Modi government is promoting women empowerment in every field.
In the year 2014, the compensation amount was 3 lakh rupees, how to apply (Apply Rape & Acid Attack Victim Compensation Scheme Bihar) and how to get the amount of compensation you can see in the PDF below:
bihar-acid-rape-victim-compensation-scheme-guidelines-2019.pdf
Apart from this, for any other information you can click on the link http://bslsa.bih.nic.in/Victim_Acid_Attack.html, here you will get the complete information in detail.
In the previous Victim Compensation Scheme in Bihar, all acid attack and rape victims are entitled to compensation amount of Rs. 3 lakhs. The complete schedule is shown in the figure below: –
For more details, visit the official website http://bslsa.bih.nic.in/schemes.html