Question : Rail Victim Compensation Fund

(a) whether the Government has received any proposal of creating Rail Victim Compensation Fund to provide compensation to the persons suffered under rail accidents;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the further action taken by the Government in this regard;

(d) the details of guidelines regarding payment of compensation to the rail accident victims; and

(e) the details of accidents that took place during the last two years and the current year due to poor maintenance of railway lines and the action taken by the Railways in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )

(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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