The State Government has introduced a ‘corpus policy’ for distributing compensation to the village ‘Kotwars’ (guards) in case they die or get injured in Naxal violence in all districts.
Under the ‘corpus policy’ a joint bank account would be opened in the name of the District Collector and the land Records In-charge Officer. The Government has announced that it would offer compensation upto Rs 1.50 lakh to the next of kin of families of ‘Kotwars’ killed in Naxal violence in the State. Similarly, those ‘Kotwars’ getting injured in Naxal violence would receive compensation of upto Rs 75,000. The amount would be offered under Compensation Grant Rule 2013. The rule would be applicable for all the ‘Kotwars’ in the State. A State-level committee would also be established for monitoring of the distribution of activity for the compensation with the District Collector as the Chairman and Superintendent of Police, Secretary and land Records In-charge Officer as member secretaries.