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created Thursday May 29, 10:00 by Prabhat Yadav


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As regards the implementation of the Scheme, out attention was invited to the important document. The first is the annual report of the General Insurance Council for the financial year 2022-23. It records that only 205 claims were received under the Scheme during the said financial year, out of which 95 claims have been settled. The second document is the answer that the Hon'ble Minister of Road Transport and Highways gave to a starred question on March 16, 2023 in Lok Sabha. Whether there were any provisions or schemes for Compensation to victims of hit and run motor accidents and if so; the number of cases registered to seek such compensation and the amount disbursed under such scheme. The answer records that in the last five years, there were 660 deaths in hit and run cases, and there were 113 injury cases for which compensation of 160 lakhs was disbursed. If we compare the number of hit and run road accidents reported and the number of cases registered for seeking compensation, what stares at the face is that negligible number of victims have taken advantage of the said scheme. One reason may be that the victims were not made aware of the existence of the Scheme. This aspect ought to have been considered by the Standing Committee must look into the causes of non-implementation of the Scheme and direct corrective measures to be taken to ensure that every claimant who is entitled to the benefit of the Scheme is encouraged to take benefit thereof. If the Scheme cannot be effectively implemented without making amendments, the Standing Committee must recommend amendments, the Standing Committee must recommend amendments to the Scheme. The minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee held on August 16, 2023 have been place on record. The minutes record a decision taken to issue a direction to the General Insurance Council to submit an annual report on the working of the Scheme till the end of August 31, 2023. The decision was made for the initiatives Typed Matter for test: As regards the implementation of the Scheme.

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