Rs. 10 Lakh Compensation if Government Employee Dies During Election Duty
The Tamil Nadu Election Commission’s
Chief Commissioner, Praveen Kumar says that the Election Commission has
announced a compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs for employees who die while on
election duties.
Normally during state elections, more
than 3 lakh state and Central Government employees, including teachers,
local police personnel, police personnel from the neighboring states,
paramilitary forces and private videographers, participate.
If death occurs in poll-related violence
or if the employee dies of cardiac arrest while on election duty,
his/her family was, until now, given a compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs. This
has been increased to Rs. 10 lakhs from 2014 onwards. Under this
scheme, personnel who had died on duty during the May elections will be
paid a compensation of Rs. 10 lakhs, says Praveen Kumar.
If the death is unfortunately caused due
to any violent acts of extremist or unsocial elements like, road mines,
bomb blasts, armed attacks, etc., the amount of compensation would be
Rs.20 lakhs. In the case of permanent disability, like loss of limb, eye
sight, etc., a minimum ex-gratia payment of Rs.5 lacs would be given to
the official (which would be doubled in the case of such mishaps being
caused by extremist or unsocial elements as aforesaid).
Source: 7thpaycommissionnews.in
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