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Ex gratia for kin of captive fishermen

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has granted a one-time ex gratia payment of Rs. 3 lakh to the next of kin of each fishermen being held captive in Pakistan.

The Prime Minister also sanctioned an outright grant of Rs. 30,000 for smaller fishing boats and a grant of Rs. 5 lakh for trawlers to the owners of each boat or trawler seized.

The grant is being made to ameliorate the hardships caused due to the continued retention of bread winners in captivity and to address the livelihood problems due to seizure of boats. The assistance is to be provided from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, an official release said here.

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