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In all, 10,29,516 claims have been filed under various categories and all the cases have been decided. Claim cases have been filed by individual claimants and not by families. So far, 5,73018 claims have been settled and claimants have been awarded a total compensation of Rs. 1542,31 crore. 4,56,498 cases have been rejected. As per orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court dated 19th July 2004, those claimants who have been awarded original compensation (5,73018) have to be paid additional compensation on pro-rata basis. This process has been started and 1,57,752 claimants have already been paid pro-rata compensation by the Welfare Commissioner amounting to Rs.458.88 crore till 21.4.2005. The pro-rata disbursement process has to be completed by 30th April 2006, as per the Orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
This information was given by the Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Steel, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today .
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