Tripura to give Rs 5 lakh ex gratia to kin of 2 soldiers

Tripura government has decided to give ex gratia of Rs five lakh each and a government job to the next of the kin of the two security forces personnel killed in Kashmir while fighting terrorists, a minister said today.
"The council of ministers, in its meeting here yesterday has decided to pay ex-gratia of Rs five lakh each to the families of the two security personnel, who died in Kashmir in November.
"The government also decided to provide jobs to the wives of the slain security personnel," Information minister Bhanu Lal Saha said.
BSF jawan Sambhu Satmura and Army Naik Chittaranjan Debbarma of Tripura were killed in Kashmir last month when Pakistani terrorists attacked their camps.

The government also granted five per cent DA for employees and pensioners and increase in field wages for fixed-pay, daily rated workers and contingent employees at differential rates.