The state government has made a policy for giving uniform compensation to all the army persons killed during operations against militants and other actions, chief minister Virbhadra Singh said here.
The government had taken a decision to enhance the amount of compensation from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 20 lakh in June this year and the decision has been implemented, he said.
Major Kamlesh Pandey and Chhultim were killed and a jawan was injured in the firing by militants at Zainapora in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir during a cordon and search operation launched by security forces.
He was unmarried and survived by his mother Tanzin Angmo.