The Government of India on July 24 said that it has provided INR 18.02 crore to State Governments from 2016-17 to 2018-19 as financial assistance for civilian victims of terror and communal violence, reports Business Standard. The Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy stated in Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) that the Ministry is administering a scheme "Central Scheme for Assistance to Civilian Victim/Family of Victims of Terrorist/Communal/LWE Violence and Cross Border Firing and Mine/IED Blasts on Indian Territory" for assistance to civilian victims. "During the years 2016-17 to 2018-19, an amount of INR 5.54 crore, INR 7.98 crore and INR 4.5 crore has been reimbursed to state governments under the Central Scheme for providing financial assistance to a total number of 350,462 and 371 civilian victims respectively," he said. He also said that during 2016-17 and 2017-18, an amount of INR 1.52 crore and INR 3.68 crore has been reimbursed to State Governments for providing assistance to Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected civilians and Security Force (SF) personnel.