By Xinhua,
Kathmandu : The Nepali government has decided to provide 100,000 Nepali rupees (1,560 U.S. dollars) as relief to the families of each of those killed during the 10-year conflict, local media reported on Saturday.
According to a report of a leading website eKantipur.com, the decision was made on Friday at a cabinet committee meeting chaired by Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel.
According to estimates, 13,246 people lost their lives during the decade-long armed conflict launched by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in February 1996.
“The meeting also decided to provide an additional 25,000 rupees (390 U.S. dollars) each to the widows of those killed in the decade-long conflict,” a government notice stated.
The meeting likewise decided to provide a lump sum of scholarship to up to three children of each person killed. The committee also decided to provide appropriate compensation to those whose property was destroyed during the conflict.
The decision was taken as part of the 23-point agreement signed by the ruling Seven-Party Alliance leaders on Dec. 23, 2007. The agreement paved the way for the CPN-M’s re-entry into the government and guaranteed their participation in the Constituent Assembly election on a new date after two postponements.