Haryana government has notified a scheme to provide ad-hoc relief or medical reimbursement and rehabilitation services to acid attack victims of up to 18 years of age.

Under the scheme “Relief and Rehabilitation of Women and Children Acid Victims”, any victim (girls, women and boys upto 18 years acid victims) having faced acid attack after May 2, 2011 would be eligible for ad-hoc relief or medical reimbursement and rehabilitation services.

While stating this on Wednesday, Women and Child Development minister, Kavita Jain said the scheme would cover all acid attack victims residing in Haryana. An application may be filed either by the victim or by heir claiming on her behalf in cases where the victim herself is disabled to make an application, she added.

The minister said that the acid attack victim of the state would be entitled to receive free of cost 100 per cent medical treatment from amongst any of the government or government approved hospitals.

Jain said that the severe acid victim would be treated in disabled persons category as certified from the Medical Board of the concerned district.

Monthly financial assistance of Rs 8,000 to acid attack victims who come in the definition of disability. Apart from this, the victim of acid attack would be given preference in allotment of fair price shops by the Food and Supply Department.

Referring to the financial assistance to be given under the scheme, she said that a sum of Rs One lakh would be paid to acid victim within 15 days of occurrence of such incident (Rs 25,000 as ad-hoc relief immediately by the concerned deputy commissioner to the acid victim. The remaining amount of Rs 75,000 will be given within 15 days by the Women and Child Department.

She said that the acid attack victim of the state would be entitled to receive free of cost 100 per cent medical treatment including medicine, food, bedding and plastic or reconstructive surgery, if any, from amongst any of the government or government approved hospitals.

Jain said that no medical hospital, government-owned or privately owned, would deny specialised or any form of treatment to any victim on any ground.
For the purpose of treatment, the police report or the FIR would not be relevant precondition, she added.