India News: NEW DELHI: The Delhi Jal Board has following an order of the Supreme Court increased the compensation for sewer deaths from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 30 lakh, .
SOME 157 heads of households at Desa Mukmin in Gombak, Selangor received ex-gratia payments and moving costs as they will have to relocate to make way for the construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL).
SC panel overseeing ongoings in violence-hit Manipur claims civil society groups interfering in payment of ex-gratia to affected families, seeks prohibition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in Maharashtra, where 12 people were killed and 17 others injured. PM Modi announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis also expressed sorrow over the incident and instructed financial assistance to be provided to the families of the deceased and the treatment of the injured at government expense.