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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Increase in compensation package

Minister MOEF has announced a recent policy decision in the Rajya sabha to increase compensation package for families to be relocated out of wildlife sancturies. The amount will now be Rs. 10 lacs as compared to Rs. 1 lac per family earlier. Though the increase is welcome and much needed, what is also needed urgently is to implement these packages in a fair, transparent and credible manner and ensure the money reaches the intended recepients. And for that the ministry should set up a committe of eminent people to oversee implementation else chances are that funds might be siphoned off and dislocate families will get very little of what they deserve.

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