Families of the 40 CRPF personnel, killed in a recent militant attack in Pulwama district, have been paid over Rs 1 crore ex-gratia funds till now as per service rules, the force said Friday.
Officials said the ‘next of kin’ of these slain personnel willalso get an additional ex-gratia amount that has been announced by variousstate governments, where the troops hailed from, in a case-to-case basis.
A total amount of over Rs1.01 crore has been paid to the families of the 40 personnel who were killed inthe Pulwama attack on February 14, an official from the force said.
He added that this amount includes Rs 35 lakh given by thecentral government as ex-gratia to the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF)personnel killed in the line of action, Rs 21.50 lakh under the risk fund, Rs15 lakh from the ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ corpus and Rs 30 lakh from the SBIparamilitary service pay insurance cover.
The families additionally are also being provided financialbenefits from various government and non-government agencies even as someinstitutions have volunteered to take care of education of the wards of thesepersonnel, he said.
“Liberalised Pension Award (LPA) is being given to allthe 40 families and this amount equals to the last basic pay plus dearnessallowance drawn by the killed personnel. This amount will be paidlifelong,” the official said.
He added that while in somecases, the ‘next of kin’ of the killed personnel have been offered jobs bystate governments, they are also eligible for compassionate appointment forjobs in the CRPF.
The force is soon going tolaunch a special mobile application which has been designed specifically forredress of grievances relating to the families of killed personnel of theforce. This will be launched soon, he said.
The 40 CRPF personnel were travelling in a force bus when a Jaish-e-Mohammed militant rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the bus on February 14.