Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed ex-gratia to former militants of the ULFA and their family members on Saturday at a program organized in Guwahati’s Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra.
CM Sarma provided financial assistance to surrendered ULFA cadres, families of injured and tortured in counter-terrorism operations and relatives of missing members.
Each former ULFA member got up to 7 lakh rupees for their rehabilitation.
Over 900 former militants received this financial help.
As per reports, CM Sarma distributed fixed deposit certificates amounting to Rs 4 lakhs each to 852 cadres under the Surrender Cum Rehabilitation Scheme of the Government of India.
Moreover, Rs 3 lakhs were disbursed to 45 cadres who were injured in the counter-insurgency operations. A special package of Rs 3 lakhs was also additionally allotted.
Apart from this, Rs 5 lakhs each has been provided to eight individuals who had been oppressed, and Rs. 10 lakhs each to the next of kin of 31 missing ULFA cadres.
ULFA signed a tripartite peace treaty with the Centre and the Assam government last year.
Following which, the state government, as per the norms, made the decision to ensure skill development training for the former cadres of the outfit to ensure they could properly assimilate with society
Since 2021, over 9,500 former militants have been granted financial aid by the Assam State government.
