Question: A meeting of Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat. Which one the given is not true in this regard?
(a) This meeting was concluded on 15th June, 2018.
(b) The Compensation amount has been increased from Rs. 3 lakh to 4 lakh if killed by wild animals.
(c) In case of seriously injured, the compensation amount has been increased to Rs. 2 lakh.
(d) In case of seriously injured, earlier the compensation amount was paid 50,000 rupees.
Answer- (b)
Related Facts:
- On June 15th, 2018, meeting of Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mr. Trivendra Singh Rawat.
- In this meeting decision to increase the compensation amount pertaining to damage caused by wild animals to the humans in the state has been taken.
- The Compensation amount has been increased from Rs. 3 lakh to 5 lakh if killed by wild animals, whereas for seriously injured, the compensation amount has been increased from 50 thousand to Rs. 2 lakh.
- In principle agreement was expressed on the people displaced from the parks and settled at other places be given land rights.
- In this meeting, the principally consensus in the Cabinet appeared in relation to the proposal of granting rights of Bhumidhari to those people who been displaced from the national parks and have been settled elsewhere.
- It was also decided that 100 percent revenue from the tourism in Rajaji Tiger Reserve will be deposited in the fund of Rajaji Tiger Reserve Conservation Foundation. Some part of this will be used for community activities.
- Permission has been granted to Elephant Safari in the buffer zone of the Corbett and Ramnagar forest division.
Reference:
http://udaydinmaan.co.in/increase-in-the-amount-of-compensation-on-damage-to-humans-by-wild-animals/
https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/wildlife-board-agrees-to-hike-compensation-to-conflict-victims/story-uyLYFy9hGwCacj19AfmHtI.html