http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2876212.ece
NEW DELHI, February 9, 2012
Compensation rates for SC/ST victims raised by 150 per cent
Special Correspondent
The Union government has enhanced the compensation to the Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes victims of different categories of atrocities
from minimum Rs. 20, 000 to Rs. 50, 000 and maximum from Rs. 250, 000
to Rs. 500,000.
The new rates of compensation follow amendments to the Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) (Amendment) Rules
2011, which has come into effect from December 23.
According to the Ministry of Social Justice it is the first time that
the scale of relief has been revised since the Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, was first laid down
in 1995.
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