Newsroom24x7 Staff

Bhopal: Office of the Welfare Commissioner, Bhopal Gas Victims, in the State capital, which is functioning since 1992 under the Department of Chemicals and Petro- Chemicals (DCPC), Government of India, for speedy adjudication, award and disbursement of compensation to the survivors and families of the victims of the Bhopal gas Leak Disaster, has asked the beneficiaries of the compensation scheme to get themselves enrolled for Aadhaar by 30 June 2017.

Under the compensation scheme,  called Ex-gratia to Bhopal Gas Victims, the cash compensation is paid to certain eligible categories of gas victims on a one-time basis.

In order to put the gas victims’ scheme on the DBT platform, the DCPC has issued a notification on 6 March 2017 under the relevant sections of Aadhar Act, 2016 in consultation with UIDAI.

Under the DCPC notification, the beneficiaries of the scheme are required to get themselves enrolled for Aadhaar by 30 June 2017, if they are not already enrolled. In case, beneficiaries of the scheme are unable to enroll for Aadhar due to non- availability of Aadhaar enrollment centres, they have been advised to contact Deepak Bansal, Dy. Welfare Commissioner, at the officer of the Welfare Commissioner, Bhopal Gas Victims, Bhopal. He is the nominated officer to facilitate the beneficiaries vis-a-vis the Aadhaar Card.