Kathmandu, Apr. 18:The present government has given top priority to controlling terrorist activities and has expressed the determination to encourage security personnel and all civil servants involved in this task.

A provision has been made for additional financial assistance and compensation to security personnel, civil servants and general public victimized by terror and dependents of the victims.

According to the Home Ministry, the family of persons killed by terrorists will from now onwards be provided a financial assistance of Rs. 150,000/ and an additional Rs. 50,000/ will be provided to the family of those killed prior to this announcement.

The families of civil servants or individuals other than police personnel killed while on duty in works and action relating to controlling terrorism or maintaining law and order will receive a financial assistance of Rs. 750,000/ and their children will also receive scholarship as being provided to the children of police personnel killed while on duty.

Meanwhile, a health coordination committee has been constituted under the convenorship of the health Minister with the secretaries of Finance, Home and Health, and directors of Bir Hospital, T.U. Teaching Hospital and Birendra Police Hospital as members in order to make necessary arrangement for the medical treatment of those injured in terrorist activities.

The victim family assistance and rehabilitation coordination committee has also been constituted under the convenorship of the Education Minister in order to provide financial assistance and rehabilitate the dependent families of those killed by terrorists and other victims. The secretaries at the ministries of Children, Women and Social Welfare, Home, Works, Housing and Physical Planning, Health, Labour and Transport Management, Land Reform and Management, and Sports and Education, and member-secretary of the Social Welfare Council are members of the committee.

Likewise, the compensation of Rs. 500,000/ being provided to the family of the police personnel killed while on duty in anti-terrorist activity has been increased to Rs. 750,000 and the families of those killed earlier will also receive an additional Rs. 200,000/.

Similarly, the children dependent on those police personnel will receive an annual scholarship Rs. 10,000 for studying at the primary level, Rs. 12,000 at lower secondary level, Rs. 14,000 at secondary level, Rs. 16,000 at the higher secondary level, Rs. 18,000 at graduate level and Rs. 20,000 at the post graduate level.

Police personnel sustaining minor injuries will be provided a compensation of Rs. 5,000 to Rs 25,000 after treatment while those dismembered will be provided Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000/.

Likewise, police personnel on duty in the terrorist affected “A”, “B” and “C” categories of districts will be provided an additional monthly allowance of Rs. 2000, Rs 1000 and Rs 700 respectively.

Besides this, any damage caused to the property of the police personnel deputed in the terrorist affected districts will be assessed and 50 per cent value will be provided, compensation of Rs. 3,000 to Rs 10,000 will be provided in case of damage caused to personal property of such police personnel and in case the uniform and toiletries received in accordance with the scale of police personnel is damaged by terrorist then they will be replaced.

Police personnel with good performance record in the terrorist affected districts have already been promoted as per the policy of His Majesty’s Government to immediately promote such police personnel making good performance in those districts.