MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI JITENDRA SINGH)
(a): Yes, Madam. Three bomb blasts occurred on 13.7.2011 in Mumbai;
(b) & (c): No, Madam.
(d): As per the available information, 25 persons died and 130 were injured.
The compensations to the victims of bomb blasts/terrorists attacks are being
provided under the scheme of State Governments and Central Government.
Subsequent to the Bomb Blast in Mumbai on 13.07.2011, the State Government
of Maharashtra have declared Ex-Gratia assistance to victims of this blast.
The State Government has categorized the victims into four different
categories for ex-Gratia payments:
(i) Those who died in the blast;
(ii) Those who were seriously injured and could become permanently disabled;
(iii) Those who are injured and are admitted as in-patient in the hospital; and
(iv) Those who are treated as out-patients and discharged.
The Next-of-Kin of those who are dead shall be given Rs. 5.00 lakh each.
Those who are permanently incapacitated would be given Rs. 3.00 lakh each.
Those who are treated as in-patients will be given Rs. 1.00 lakh each.
In the first category i.e. those who died, so far 15 persons have been
paid Rs. 75,00,000/- @ Rs. 5.00 lakh each. In the second category i.e.
permanently disabled, as no information from hospital of any permanent
disability has been received, so no ex-gratia payment has been made. In the
third category, those who are injured and admitted as in-patient in the
hospital, were paid Rs. 50,000/- each. 93 persons were paid at this rate.
They would stand to receive another Rs. 50,000/- each very soon. 8 persons
received Rs. 10,000/- each as they came to hospital O.P.D. and were discharged
after treatment.
Some of the dead have relatives in other states. The ex-gratia amount
will be given to the relatives after verification.
(e): In order to deal with the terrorism, Government has taken various measures
which inter-alia, include augmenting the strength of Central Para-Military
Forces; amendment to the CISF Act to enable deployment of CISF in joint venture
of private industrial undertakings; establishment of NSG hubs at Chennai,
Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai; empowerment of DG, NSG to requisition aircraft
for movement of NSG personnel in the event of any emergency; strengthening and
re-organizing of Multi-Agency Centre to enable it to function on 24x7 basis
for real time collation and sharing of intelligence with other intelligence
and security agencies; tighter immigration control; effective border management
through round the clock surveillance & patrolling on the borders; establishment
of observation posts, border fencing, flood lighting deployment of modern and
hi-tech surveillance equipment; upgradation of Intelligence setup; and coastal
security. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 has been amended and
notified in 2008 to strengthen the punitive measures to combat terrorism. The
National Investigation Agency has been constituted under the National
Investigation Agency Act, 2008 to investigate and prosecute offences under
the Acts specified in the Schedule. As a part of steps to counter terrorists
threats, the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) has been created.
The Prevention of Money Laundering Act has been amended in 2009 to
inter alia, include certain offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, as predicate offence.
Further the Government continues to raise the issues of Cross-Border
Terrorism in all its aspects including its financing at various multi-lateral
and bilateral fora and also at the multi-level bi-lateral interactions.
