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In the meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, approval was given to the assistance scheme for girls and women suffering from domestic violence.

Key Points:

=> In this scheme, a provision has been made to provide assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the victim of domestic violence with less than 40 percent disability in any part of the body and Rs 4 lakh for disability caused by more than 40 percent injury. Along with this, there is also a provision for the provision of the actual cost of transportation for the movement of the court etc. to the destination (including the period of the case pending in the court).

=> The cabinet decided to make arrangements for the treatment of gas victims and their children, up to Rs 5 lakh per family per family per year by making Ayushman card under the Ayushman 'Niramayam' Madhya Pradesh scheme, according to the rates of package amount in the hospitals identified in the NHPS scheme.

=> The Government of India will also be taken to consider them eligible as above. Until the approval is received from the Government of India, 100 percent reimbursement of the expenditure on these beneficiaries under the Ayushman 'Niramayam' Madhya Pradesh scheme will be done by the Public Health and Family Welfare Department of the state government.

=> Expenditure outside the limits of Ayushman 'Niramayam' Madhya Pradesh scheme will be reimbursed by the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department. For this, the Director, Bhopal Gas Relief and Rehabilitation, Bhopal has been authorized.