The State Government on Tuesday decided to increase the fixed deposit (FD) amount for the children of women who had died in the Bilaspur sterlisation camp, from Rs2 lakh to Rs3 lakh.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Raman Singh.The amount has been increased to Rs3 lakh and will be deposited in the joint account of the child and the District Collector. The amount will be provided to the child after attaining the age of 18 years, said Revenue Minister Prem Prakash Pandey after the meeting. Discussion on Section 10 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act was also held a the meeting.
The Cabinet after discussion decided that the issues of land acquisition the State should be considered as a unit and only 2 percent of the total irrigated area of multi-crop land and one percent of the net sown area should be acquired, officials said.The Cabinet also discussed about section 20 of the Act to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act and decided that for land acquisition the compensation will be provided at the double rate of Collector guidelines according to the new land acquisition rule.
However, the compensation rate will not be less than Rs6 lakh per acre for non irrigated land, Rs8 lakh per acre for irrigated single crop land and not less than Rs10 lakh per acre for irrigated two-crop land, officials said.
The Cabinet also decided to reduce the entry tax for the coking coal required by the Bhilai Steel Plant from existing 6 percent to 3 percent, they said. The children of the women who died after surgeries were conducted on them in the sterilisation camps in Bilaspur district would be adopted by the State Government.
Earlier the State Government had also announced that every minor child of the women who died in the sterilisation camps will be adopted.The government will provide free education to the minor children and arrangement for this will be done according to the wish of the family members, Chief Minister Raman Singh had announced earlier. Health card will be prepared for each child and on the basis of which free medical care will be provided to the child at Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur till he/she attains the age of 18 years, he had stated.
It is pertinent to mention that 13 women had after undergoing surgeries in sterilization camp conducted in Bilaspur district on November 8 and 10.The Chief Minister had announced a compensation of Rs4 lakh for the kin of each women who died and Rs50,000 for those under treatment besides free treatment to them. Doctors from AIIMS New Delhi and Apollo Hospital Hyderabad were also arranged by the government for treatment of the victims.
The Chief Minister has also constituted a single member inquiry commission to probe into the incident.