The government has introduced the Central Victim Compensation Fund to support and supplement the existing victim compensation schemes notified by States and Union Territories. <br/><br/>The fund, with an initial corpus of 200 crore rupees, will help provide assistance to victims of various crimes, especially sexual offences including rape, acid attacks, crime against children and human trafficking. <br/><br/>Women victims of cross-border suffering permanent or partial disability or death will also be compensated under the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme.<br/><br/>States have been requested to suitably modify the State Victim Compensation Schemes to reduce disparity in quantum of compensation notified by them and claim financial support from the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme.

The government has introduced the Central Victim Compensation Fund to support and supplement the existing victim compensation schemes notified by States and Union Territories. The fund with an initial corpus of 200 crore rupees will help provide assistance to victims of various crimes especially sexual offences including rape, acid attacks, crime against children and human trafficking.<br/><br/>Women victims of cross-border suffering permanent or partial disability or death will also be compensated under the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme. States have been requested to suitably modify the State Victim Compensation Schemes to reduce disparity in quantum of compensation notified by them and claim financial support from the Central Victim Compensation Fund Scheme.