The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to extend a financial help of Rs3 lakh to the victims of acid attacks. A decision in this regard was taken in a meeting on women empowerment held here on Thursday. This year nine such victims will receive financial help. In a statement issued here on Thursday, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said that the Government had helped acid attack victims in 2013-14 and cheques of Rs3 lakh each had been given to 51 girls who were victims of such attacks. He said in this fiscal, the Government has decided to extend this benefit to nine more girls who were victims of acid attacks as per the records of Home and Health departments.
“As per the directives of the Supreme Court, the Home Department should identify the acid attack victims and after their verification from the Home Department the list would be sent to the Women Welfare Department which will ultimately pay the compensation,” Ranjan said in a written statement.
It was also decided to run Women’s Empowerment Scheme in 11 districts after centralising them. This centrally-sponsored scheme will be run in Agra, Bareilly, Meerut, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Kannauj, lucknow, Allahabad, Gorakhpur and Varanasi through Asha Jyoti centres. On the similar lines, the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme will be run in 10 districts including Agra, Baghpat, Mathura, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Jhansi, Muzaffarnagar, Hathras, GB Nagar and Ghaziabad. This scheme will be monitored by Mahila Samakhya.