The State Government of Madhya Pradesh had prepared and submitted a Memorandum on a new Plan of Action for the relief and rehabilitation of Bhopal Gas victims with an outlay of Rs. 982.75 crore to the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to oversee matters related to Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster in its meeting held on 11.6.2008. As directed by the GoM, the Plan of Action was referred to the Planning Commission on 1.8.2008 for comments. The Planning Commission had sought clarifications on certain aspects of the Plan of Action on 13.3.2009 which were forwarded to the Government of MP on 20.3.2009. Simultaneously, this Department had also sought detailed clarifications on the Memorandum from the State Government. The revised Memorandum on Plan of Action along with clarifications was received from the Government of MP on 5.8. 2009 and after examining the same, this Department forwarded the Plan of Action to the Planning Commission for their comments on 9th October, 2009. The revised Plan of Action is presently under consideration of the Planning Commission.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers Shri Srikant Kumar Jena in the Rajya Sabha