The Centre has sanctioned ex gratia in the case of a building collapse in Maharashtra`s Bhiwandi last month that killed eight persons and left 10 others injured, said Kapil Patil, Union minister of state, on Monday.

According to news agency PTI, Patil, who represents the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency in Thane district, said in a release that the Prime Minister`s National Relief Fund will pay Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured in the accident.