Chandigarh, Sep 10 (Reporter) Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal on Tuesday said Ex-gratia amount of Rs 30 lakh will be given to families of polling or security officials who die on election duty due to any violent acts of extremism or anti-social activities like road mine or bomb blasts or armed attacks. The CEO shared in cases where death occurs due to other reasons while on duty, Rs 15 lakh will be provided. In cases where an employee is permanently disabled due to involvement of extremist or unsocial elements, Rs 15 lakh will be given, and in the case of grievous injury resulting in permanent disability, like loss of limb, eye sight, etc, Rs 7.5 lakh will be provided as financial assistance to the families. Agarwal mentioned that the ex-gratia amount, provided during election duty, will be in addition to the compensation paid by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the state government, or any other employer. He further shared that the election duty period will be considered from the date of election announcements to the date of results (inclusive of both days). He informed that in each of the cases, whether deceased or injured/disabled, it will be the responsibility of the DEO and SP to initiate the process of claim for compensation. This process should be initiated within 10 days of the incident. The CEO's office must ensure that the case is resolved within one month, said he. He informed that the commission provides for compensation of ex-gratia payment to the kin of polling/security personnel in case of death or grievous injuries arising out of and in the course of election duty and include all personnel deployed in all types of election related duties, all security personnel under CAPFS, SAPS, State Police, Home Guards, and any private person like drivers, cleaners, etc., hired for election duty, BEL/ECIL engineers who are engaged in First Level Checking (FLC), EVM commissioning, Poll Day and Counting Day duty...////...