The Group of Ministers, GoM, on Bhopal gas tragedy has decided to give additional compensation of 72 crore rupees for those who died in the gas tragedy in 1984 but were left out earlier. The GoM, met in New Delhi on Monday.According to sources, the panel headed by Home Minister P Chidambaram reviewed the progress made by various ministries since June.AIR correspondent reported that in June, the Union Cabinet had accepted all the 22 recommendations of the GoM and decided to push for extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson and ascertain the liability of Dow Chemicals besides announcing a 1265.56 crore rupee package for relief and remediation.The CBI had on August 2 filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of stringent charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the accused in the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy case. The GoM constituted to examine all aspects of the Bhopal gas disaster, seeking Anderson's extradition apart from measures to clean up the disaster site, had submitted the report to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on June 21st.The GoM had dealt with all the issues – compensation, legal issues, including the issue of the extradition of Warren Anderson, the legal options available to the Government of India, and most importantly, remediation matters, and health related matters. Union Carbide settled its liabilities to the Indian government in 1989 by paying 470 million dollars before being bought by another US company, Dow Chemical.In the early hours of December 3, 1984, around 40 metric tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas leaked into the atmosphere and was carried by wind to surrounding slums.