Punjab Government has framed ‘The Punjab Financial Assistance to Acid Victims’ Scheme, 2017’ — aimed at providing security and financial assistance to all the acid attack victims in order to make them self-reliant. The scheme will be placed for the Cabinet’s approval in its next meeting,” said the State Social Security and Women and Child Development Minister Razia Sultana on Monday. “Acid attack on women is one of the gruesome forms of attack on the human body. Acid attacks have a catastrophic, psychological, social and mental effect on human body. It is the priority of Punjab Government to provide every possible help to the acid attack victims to help them return to the main stream society,” she said. Sultana said that the Government, under the leadership of Capt Amarinder Singh, has chalked out a comprehensive strategy to provide security and financial assistance to all the acid attack victims in order to make them self-reliant. “The Punjab Financial Assistance to Acid Victims’ Scheme 2017 has been framed and submitted for the approval of the Cabinet,” she said. Sultana said that the scheme envisaged Rs 8,000 as financial assistance per month to the acid attack victim by Social Security and Women and Child Development Department, in case of 40 per cent or more disability in the acid attack. Minister said that at present, financial assistance to the acid attack victim is also being provided under various notifications issued by the Home Department. “There is also a provision of Rs three lakh as financial assistance in case of disfiguring of face in the attack and Rs 50,000 one-time assistance for the cure of other wounds,” she said.