Times Of India Bangalore; Date:2007 Oct 06; Section:Front Page; Page Number 1 *Govt plans to set up Rs 250-cr corpus to help rape victims*
Mahendra Kumar Singh & Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: While there can hardly be any compensation for the trauma of a rape victim, the Centre is set to introduce a scheme to provide monetary relief to victims of rape and is likely to earmark a corpus of Rs 250 crore for the purpose. The Planning Commission is expected to give nod to a proposal formulated by the National Commission for Women which has provisions for giving monetary compensation of Rs 2-5 lakh to women who suffer rape. The scheme, framed after an SC order, proposes setting up of a national-level criminal injuries compensation board. It will be assisted by state monitoring committees and district-level committees that will be headed by the area collector or district magistrate. This will ensure due process is followed for rape victims. Any rape victim or her legal heir can apply to the board for relief. The board will be required to release Rs 20,000 as interim relief to the victim while it studies the case to decide on the final compensation amount. The board will also take into account pain, suffering and shock as well as loss of earning due to pregnancy and expense of child birth if it occurs as a result of rape. The scheme entails creating a national rape victims assistance fund with allocations from the Centre. In the Delhi Domestic Working Women's Forum vs Union of India and others case, the SC had directed NCW to evolve a scheme to "wipe out the tears of unfortunate victims of rape''. The court said rape victims suffer from substantial financial loss and in some cases were too traumatised to continue employment besides being subjected to mental anguish. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
