 bill no lvi of 2008 the victims of terrorism (compensation and miscellaneous provisions) bill, 2008 a billto provide for the financial compensation, relief and rehabilitation to the victims and theirdependents affected by terrorist violence of naxalites, maoists and other terrorist outfits operating in various parts of the country including those supported, sponsored and financed from across the borders through employment and other means and for matters connected therewith and incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the victims of terrorism (compensation and miscellaneous provisions) act, 2008short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force with immediate effectdefinitions2  in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "dependent" include spouse, children and aged parents who are, dependent on the deceased victim of terrorism violence;(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;45 of 1860537 of 1967 2 of 1974(d) words and expressions used and not defined in this act but defined in the indian penal code, 1860, code of criminal procedure, 1973 and the unlawful activities (prevention act, 1967) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those actsrelief to dependent of a citizen103  notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in forcethe appropriate government shall give relief to the dependents of a citizen who is killed in terrorist violence of naxalite or maoist or by any terrorist outfit, whatever name called by,—(a) paying an ex-gratia grant of compensation of an amount which shall not beless than five lakh rupees in such manner, as may be prescribed; and15(b) giving financial assistance at the rate of two thousand rupees per mensemto the old and minor dependents of the victim for such period and in such manner as may be prescribed4  any citizen who survives the attack of terrorists but receives severe injuries thereby permanently incapacitating him or otherwise shall be given compensation by the appropriate government by,—compensation to survivors of terrorist attack20(a) bearing the entire costs of his medical treatment; and (b) paying ex-gratia grant of compensation of not less than two lakh rupees, insuch manner as may be prescribed25rehabilitation package to the victims ofterrorism5  it shall be the duty of the appropriate government to formulate rehabilitation package for the victims of terrorism violence by way of providing employment, vocational training, self employment and such other measures as that government may deem fit and necessary for the purposes of this actcompensation for other losses6 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, where a dwelling house of any citizen is destroyed or damaged due to torching, bombing or any other acts of terrorists, the appropriate government shall,—30(a) provide a dwelling house or bear the entire cost of construction, or repair orconstruct the house at the same place or elsewhere, as the case may be, as per the choice or preference of the victim in such manner as my be prescribed;35(b) allot a plot of appropriate size to the victim near the city free of cost and bearthe cost of construction of a dwelling house thereon in such a manner as may be prescribed(2) where the livestock of a citizen is killed or the standing crop or orchard is destroyed by the terrorists violence, the appropriate government shall pay adequate and appropriate financial compensation to the owner of the livestock, crop or orchard, as the case may be, in such manner as may be prescribed40(3) where the business establishment or shop or kiosk or hawking apparatus or any such thing being used for carrying business of a citizen is destroyed or damaged in terrorist violence, the appropriate government shall pay appropriate compensation to the owner in such manner as may be prescribed457 (1) the appropriate government shall in order to protect the life and property of the citizens of the terrorism affected areas within its territorial jurisdiction compulsorily insure the life, property, livestock, crop, orchard, business establishment against terrorist violence, in such manner as may be prescribedinsurance of life and property in terrorism affected areas5(2) the appropriate government may, if it deems fit, expedient and necessary to do so, promote village level security system in the villages affected by terrorism, through teams of volunteers for the protection of their village from terrorist violence and provide the volunteers with necessary weapons and ammunition from time to time in such manner as may be prescribedcentral government to formulate national policy108  the central government shall, as soon as may be, in consultation with the governments of the states affected by violence by terrorists, formulate a national policy for those terrorists who wish to shun violence and return to the mainstream of nation for their rehabilitation through general amnesty, and by providing them with employment, financial assistance for self employment and other means as that government may deem necessary to do so in the nation interest9  the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds to the states and union territories affected by terrorist violence for carrying out the purposes of this actcentralgovernmentto provide funds15power to remove difficulties10  if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may, by notification, make such order or give such direction, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of difficulty and any such order or direction, as the case may be, shall be final:20provided that no such order or direction shall be made after the expiry of a periodof four years from the commencement of this actact to have overriding effect11  the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force, but save as aforesaid the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law for the time being in force25power to make rules12  the central government may, by  notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purpose of this act statement of objects and reasonsterrorism is one of the very serious problems of our nation various parts of the country are in the grip of terrorism let loose by naxalites, maoists, leninist-maoist, people war group (pwg) and other militant outfits either infiltrated from across the borders or remotely controlled from abroad be it north-eastern states, jammu and kashmir, chhattisgarh, jharkhand parts of orissa, andhra pradesh, maharashtra, bihar, uttar pradesh, madhya pradesh, west bengal, karnataka, tamil nadu, etc have been affected by terrorism the terrorists are ruthlessly killing hundreds of innocent people, policemen, personnel of paramilitary and armed forces, every year just to create panic and spread terror amongst the masses bomb blasts occur every now and then peaceful cities like delhi - hyderabad - jaipur - mumbai, etc are targeted through planting bombs at busy places and in the blasts many people are killed, injured and permanently crippled without any fault the naxalites and other terrorists do not even spare houses, shops which are torched or blown up even the thatched huts of the poor villagers are not spared they attack police station to loot weapons and kill the police personnel or ambush the police and para-military forces and plant blast mines on the roads used by police and para-military forces which blow up the vehicles carrying them the terrorist outfits are blackmailing the rich people, industrialists and businessmen and getting ransom from them in the terrorist affected areas people do not venture out of their houses in the evening and night in many areas, the terrorists are illegally collecting taxes from the people and running parallel government and giving instant justicethough lot of innocent citizens are killed and wounded seriously in the terrorist violence, they are not given any compensation sometimes, a meagre sum is announced as exgratia payment similar is the case of those who lose their houses, business establishment livestock, crops, etc who have to fend for themselves state does not come forward for their rehabilitation the banks, financial institutions too do not provide credit to the affected peoplesince, it is the duty of the state to protect the life and property of every citizen and in failing to do so it is the sacred duty of the state to duly compensate the affected citizens and their dependents at the same time, if the misguided youth who have joined hands with the terrorist outfits due to frustration and variety of other reasons they need to be brought back to the mainstream of the nation by providing employment opportunities and other incentives apart from granting amnesty to them for this a national policy is requiredhence this billgireesh kumar sanghi financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for compensation to the dependents of citizens killed in terrorism violence clause 4 provides for compensation to citizens wounded in terrorism violence clause 5 provides for rehabilitation package to the victims of terrorism clause 6 provides for compensation for other losses clause 7 provides for insurances of life and property in terrorism affected areas clause 9 makes it obligatory for the central government to provide requisite funds for the purposes of the billthe bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees one thousand crore may involve as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees one hundred crores may also involve as non-recurring expenditure memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 12 of the bill gives power to the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character———— a billto provide for the financial compensation, relief and rehabilitation to the victims and their dependents affected by terrorist violence of  naxalites, maoists and other terrorist outfits operating in various parts of  the country including those supported, sponsored and financed from across the borders through employment and other means and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto————(shri gireesh kumar sanghi, mp)