Editing Bhopal disaster (section)

===Economic rehabilitation===
Immediate relieves were decided two days after the tragedy. Relief measures commenced in 1985 when food was distributed for a short period along with ration cards.<ref name="Eckerman2005" /> [[Madhya Pradesh]] government's finance department allocated {{INRConvert|874|m}} for victim relief in July 1985.<ref name="India1985_1">{{cite book|author=Press Institute of India|title=Data India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn9DAAAAYAAJ|access-date=1 August 2012|year=1985|publisher=Press Institute of India|page=166}}</ref><ref name="India1985_2">{{cite book |author=Press Institute of India|title=Data India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn9DAAAAYAAJ|access-date=1 August 2012|year=1985 |publisher=Press Institute of India|page=322}}</ref> Widow pension of {{INRConvert|200}}/per month (later {{INRConvert|750}}) was provided. The government also decided to pay {{INRConvert|1500}} to families with monthly income {{INRConvert|500}} or less. As a result of the interim relief, more children were able to attend school, more money was spent on treatment and food, and housing also eventually improved. From 1990 interim relief of {{INRConvert|200}} was paid to everyone in the family who was born before the disaster.<ref name="Eckerman2005" />

The final compensation, including interim relief for personal injury, was for the majority {{INRConvert|25|k}}. For death claims, the average sum paid out was {{INRConvert|62|k}}. Each claimant was to be categorised by a doctor. In court, the claimants were expected to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that death or injury in each case was attributable to exposure. In 1992, 44 percent of the claimants still had to be medically examined.<ref name="Eckerman2005" />

By the end of October 2003, according to the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department, compensation had been awarded to 554,895 people for injuries received and 15,310 survivors of those killed. The average amount to families of the dead was $2,200.<ref name="broughton" />

In 2007, 1,029,517 cases were registered and decided. The number of awarded cases was 574,304 and the number of rejected cases was 455,213. Total compensation awarded was {{INRConvert|15465|m}}.<ref name="GovMP">{{cite web|title=Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department|publisher=Government of Madhya Pradesh|access-date=30 August 2012|date=5 December 2008|url=http://www.mp.gov.in/bgtrrdmp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705095709/http://www.mp.gov.in/bgtrrdmp|archive-date=5 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 24 June 2010, the [[Union Cabinet]] of the [[Government of India]] approved a {{INRConvert|12650|m}} aid package which would be funded by Indian taxpayers through the government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bhopal-gas-tragedy-extra-aid-to-help-just-42000-victims_1400833 |title=Bhopal gas tragedy: Extra aid to help just 42,000 victims&nbsp;— India&nbsp;— DNA |publisher=DNA news |date=24 June 2010 |access-date=28 August 2012 |first=Anil |last=Anand |archive-date=21 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121032747/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bhopal-gas-tragedy-extra-aid-to-help-just-42000-victims_1400833 |url-status=live }}</ref>