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Factfile: What the GoM did for Bhopal victims
India on Thursday announced a hike in compensation for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims and also said it is examining ways to extradite then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, whom a Bhopal court has declared a proclaimed offender. Facts at a glance: - Rs 1,000,000 would be paid to the next of kin of the dead, Rs 500,000 to those suffering permanent disability and Rs 200,000 to those suffering from cancer or renal failure and Rs 100,000 … Read entire article »
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GoM recommends Rs 10 lakh each to victims’ kin
The ministerial panel on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has recommended that the government press for former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson’s extradition from the US and set aside Rs.1,500 crore as relief package for those affected by the world’s worst industrial disaster. In its report submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday, the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Home Minister P. Chidambaram has looked at issues, including relief and rehabilitation for the victims, with … Read entire article »
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‘Rajiv Gandhi responsible for Anderson escape’
Maintaining the heat on the Congress over the release of Warren Anderson, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said on Friday that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was responsible for allowing the then Union Carbide chief to leave India after the Bhopal gas tragedy. ‘The district collector and the superintendent of police of Bhopal escorted the main accused to the airport in an official car after securing bail and he was allowed safe passage from … Read entire article »
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‘Rajiv was informed of Anderson’s safe passage’
Rajiv Gandhi, the then prime minister, was fully informed after the home ministry decided to give safe passage to then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson in the wake of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and he did not object to it, M K Rasgotra, the foreign secretary at the time, said on Thursday. Setting at rest the mystery surrounding Anderson’s safe passage from India after the deadly Bhopal gas leak that killed thousands December 2-3, 1984, … Read entire article »
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BJP And The Ghost Of Maut Ka Saudagar!
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday ended its two-day national executive meeting with a scathing attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government and its chairperson Sonia Gandhi for failing to control rising prices, increased Maoist violence and the handling of the Bhopal gas tragedy case. It is interesting to note that few days back after the PM’s Press Conference, BJP criticized the UPA for prise rise, Naxalism, Pakistan etc etc. But it didnt criticise … Read entire article »
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