Dimapur, July 17 (EMN): State Home department has prescribed the rates for ex-gratia payment to the personnel or the next of kin of Assam Rifles / Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) / Indian Armed Forces and soldiers belonging to Nagaland who suffer fatal and non-fatal casualties during counter insurgency operations within and outside the state.
Personnel suffering fatal casualty would receive a maximum ex-gratia payment of INR 6,00,000 while a personnel suffering non-fatal casualty causing permanent disability would receive ex-gratia payment of INR 4,00,000 and personnel suffering non-fatal casualty causing grievous injury would receive ex-gratia payment of INR 100,000.
Soldiers from Nagaland becoming casualties outside the state would receive the same amount of payment.
