After 18 years of the peace process, the government has decided to give two lakh rupees to the unqualified Maoist fighters.

According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the ‘Procedures for Providing Relief to Unqualified Fighters of Armed Conflict, 2079’ to distribute relief to unqualified combatants.

4 thousand 8 fighters of the Maoist camp were declared disqualified during the peace process agreement. According to the procedures prepared by the government, the unqualified fighters who have passed the process will get a relief amount of two lakh rupees per fighter.

In the procedure made by the Ministry, it is mentioned that after the detailed peace agreement, those unqualified fighters identified by United Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and whose names and details are included in the report will be able to receive the relief amount.

Based on the names and details mentioned in the report, the district administration offices will identify the ineligible fighters. It is mentioned in the procedure that the details of the militants identified through the administration in the district will be prepared by the ministry and provided to them through the district administration office at the rate of two lakh rupees. After preparing the list of ineligible fighters, the Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared to send the details to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance has prepared to release the budget in the name of Home Ministry.

The ministry has arranged in the procedure that if an ineligible fighter has died, relief will be provided to his next of kin according to the law, and if he is not currently in Nepal, he will get it when he returns to Nepal. Earlier,the government had decided to provide relief at the rate of two lakhs in the budget for the financial year 073/074. However, after a writ petition was filedin the Supreme Court, the amount was not distributed.

The government has allocated one billion 4 million rupees for the rest of the peace process in the budget of the current fiscal year 2079/80.