Briefcase 1 Centre announces enhanced compensation for terror victims. 2 Say Pakistan Occupied Kashmiris could claim too. The Modi government has announced enhanced compensation for civilian victims of terror and have said that Pakistan Occupied Kashmiris, who are also our people, can claim this compensation too. This comes days after Narendra Modi raised the issue of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in his Independence Day speech. So far, the government has disbursed Rs 35.89 crore as compensation to civilian victims since the inception of this scheme first came in 2008.

Source: India Today August 24, 2016 17:03 UTC