The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, (MoEFCC), on December 17, 2024, issued Public Liability Insurance (Amendment) Rules, 2024 to further amend the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991.
The following has been stated-
• For rule 3, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: -
“3. Application for relief. - (1) An application for claim of relief or restoration of property shall be made by any person as enlisted under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act to the Collector in Form I.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), an application for relief may also be filed by any person or entity who holds an interest in the affected public property, and who can demonstrate a direct and substantial connection with that property.”
• After rule 3, the following rule shall be inserted, namely: -
“3A. Application for Environmental Damage. - Where damage is caused to environment which may not be attributed to a particular company/industry, the Central Pollution Control Board or State Pollution Control Board, as the case may be, shall make an application for allocation of funds from Environmental Relief Fund to the Central Government for identification, assessment and remediation of that damage in Form IA along with an Assessment Report and documents substantiating the assessment.”.
• After rule 5, the following rule shall be inserted, namely: -
‘‘5A. Publication of right to relief by the Industrial unit. - In case where any accident has occurred in any industrial unit due to manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage, transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of hazardous substance, such industrial unit shall further publicize among the affected people regarding their right to claim for relief under these rules.’’.
[Notification No. G.S.R. 772(E)]
