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Center Sanctioned Rs 2K Crore For POK Refugees

Mar. 07 Crime Comments

[New Delhi] Center Sanctions Rs 2K Crore For POK Refugees
In a written statement, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said Govt had sanctioned a Rs 2,000-crore compensation package for the refugees from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) living in Jammu and Kashmir.
He told the Rajya Sabha that the financial package was sanctioned on December 22, 2016.
He said 36,384 families were provided Rs 5.5 lakh each.
He added that based on the details provided by the Jammu and Kashmir government, the ministry had disbursed a total amount of Rs 465.5 crore to 9,537 families directly to their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts up to last month.
Asked whether any financial compensation package had been provided to the Hindu refugees who had migrated from Bangladesh, the minister said, “No such proposal is under consideration.