Assam blasts: PM announces ex-gratia of Rs 100,000

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced ex-gratia amount of Rs 100,000 each for the families of those killed in the serial blasts in Assam.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced ex-gratia amount of Rs 100,000 each for the families of those killed in the serial blasts in Assam.

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“While expressing grief over the loss of lives in the Assam bomb blasts, the Prime Minister has sanctioned ex-gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the tune of Rs 1 lakh each to the next of kin of the persons deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the persons seriously injured in bomb blast,” said a statement issued in New Delhi.

A series of 11 bomb blasts rocked the north eastern state of Assam, killing at least 61 and injuring about 300.

Manmohan Singh is a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam.