{"id":606041,"date":"2023-09-23T10:57:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=606041"},"modified":"2023-09-23T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T06:44:59","slug":"indian-railways-announces-10x-increase-in-compensation-for-train-accident-victims-take-a-look-at-latest-revisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/indian-railways-announces-10x-increase-in-compensation-for-train-accident-victims-take-a-look-at-latest-revisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways announces 10X increase in compensation for train accident victims \u2013 Take a look at latest revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Railway Board has taken a significant step to increase ex-gratia payments in cases of death or injury resulting from train accidents. This revision marks a tenfold increase from previous levels, signalling a crucial update in the compensation structure. The ex-gratia relief scheme had remained unchanged since its last revision in 2012 and 2013. <\/p>\n<p>In a circular dated September 18, the Railway Board officially announced the revision of ex-gratia relief payouts. This circular, obtained by PTI, confirmed the board\u2019s decision to enhance the compensation amounts for dependents of passengers involved in train accidents and untoward incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Railway Board has taken a significant step to increase ex-gratia payments in cases of death or injury resulting from train accidents. This revision marks a tenfold increase from previous levels, signalling a crucial update in the compensation structure. The ex-gratia relief scheme had remained unchanged since its last revision in 2012 and 2013. In a circular dated September 18, the Railway Board officially announced the revision of ex-gratia relief payouts. This circular, obtained by PTI, confirmed the board\u2019s decision to enhance the compensation amounts for dependents of passengers involved in train accidents and untoward incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,264,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-railways-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}