Government may allow public aid for injured jawans

NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the outpouring of donations to the ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ corpus as assistance for the kin of Pulwama martyrs, the home ministry is considering allowing such contributions to also be made for personnel who suffer disability on account of injuries sustained during operational duties. This will be in addition to the treatment costs fully borne by the government.
“A proposal to provide assistance during the period of recovery from injuries in addition to the treatment costs is under active consideration,” home minister Rajnath Singh said after inaugurating 28 projects for CAPFs on Wednesday.

While the minister did not give out details, CRPF director general R R Bhatnagar later told TOI that even though a graded system of compensating personnel for injuries during operations was in place, it was now proposed to allow the general public to extend financial assistance to injured jawans via the ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ corpus.

The projects inaugurated on Wednesday comprise 5,283 housing units, 71 non-residential buildings and 34 barracks built at a cost of Rs 1,895 crore and spread across 17 states, for CAPFs, Delhi Police and Central Police Organisations.