Rs 1,503 crore
bhopal gas disaster victims are to receive additional compensation following a recent Supreme Court (sc) verdict for the disbursal of Rs 1,503 crore among them. On July 19, 2004, the sc directed the welfare commissioner, department of Bhopal gas tragedy relief & rehabilitation, Madhya Pradesh government, to distribute the money, which is part of the compensation of us $470 million paid in 1989 by Union Carbide