Govt hikes anti-Sikh riot compensation to Rs 5 lakh

In a move aimed at assuaging the hurt suffered by the Sikh community post 1984 riots, the Narendra Modi government on Thursday announced that the kin of 3325 sikhs who were killed in the anti-Sikh riots, would be given Rs 5 lakh each as compensation.
TheUnion Home Ministry has taken this decision. It has also decided to enhance compensation to civilian victims of communal, terrorist or Naxal violence from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.
Families of the victims would be eligible to get assistance under this scheme regardless of whether they received any other assistance in the form of ex-gratia or any other type of relief.
As many as 3325 Sikhs were killed in the communal riots triggered by the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 by her Sikh body guards.