Why in news:

• In order to mitigate the hardships of citizens of the state due to various natural calamities including floods, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal today launched an expanded version of the e-kshatipurti portal.

Key Points:

• This upgraded version of the portal aims to ease the process of submission of applications by the people for their damages and loss and further to bring transparency in the system of damage verification and disbursement of compensation to the affected people in a time-bound manner. Notably, till now the farmers used to upload the details about the damage caused to their crops due to natural calamities.
• The online portal shall remain open for a stipulated period for the general public to upload their loss claims and immediate compensation will be awarded once the verification is completed.  The portal also has a provision for the villagers to share the details about claims of damage to houses, livestock and crops, while the people living in urban areas can upload the details about the commercial and movable and immovable properties.
• As mandated by the state government,  new features have been included in the portal, in view of the recent floods due to which, loss of human life, house, commercial properties and livestock have been reported widely in the State. The state government authorities have therefore urged the general public to make full use of the portal for their benefit.
• According to the concerned officials, through this portal, claims can also be made for the damages or loss occurred during the recent incident of violence reported in Nuh district. A special scheme will be formulated for giving compensation for the losses.