RTI on relief to violence victims

In response to an RTI the home ministry has relvealed that under the Central scheme to provide assistance to victims of communal violence, used by six states between 2008 and 2012 a total of Rs. 4.32 cr has been issued and Gujarat, implementing a scheme providing in gratia relief has received Rs 429.46 crore over four financial years while Bihar got Rs 29.81 crore in 2008-09 under the same scheme. It added that it “has not received any complaint regarding misuse of money for the victims of communal violence/riots under the scheme titled Central Assistance to the Victims of Terrorist/Communal/Naxal violence”.