Centre to review compensation to JK militancy victims: Goswami

Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami has said the Centre would undertake a comprehensive review of the compensation package for the victims of militancy-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.
Goswami assured Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra of reviewing the compensation package at a meeting to review the status of providing relief and rehabilitation to the people affected by floods as well as cross-border firing.
"The Union Home Secretary agreed to undertake a comprehensive review of the compensation presently payable to the victims of various categories of civilians, police and central armed police personnel and the Army," an official spokesman said.

"The issues relating to feasibility of allotment of plots at safer places and construction of community bunkers in the affected villages were discussed in detail and it was decided that the Union Home Secretary would discuss the location of bunker issues with all the forces concerned to evolve an agreed view," the spokesman said.
He said the issues relating to status of rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, their recruitment in state government jobs, and construction of accommodation for those returning to the Kashmir Valley were also reviewed.
"The state government requested the Union Home Secretary to expedite urgent decisions on the package proposals already submitted for promoting the return of the migrants to Jammu," he said.

The spokesman said Vohra urged Goswami to secure special emphasis for augmenting the allocations under the Border Area Management Programme so that the developmental efforts in the border areas can be accelerated.
During the meeting, the Governor also raised the issue of the flood victims, who suffered due to the devastating floods of last year.
"The Union Home Secretary assured full support of the Ministry of Home Affairs in regard to the provision of maximum possible relief to the flood victims," he said.