In the wake of the release, Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) provided immediate aid to the victims and attempted to set up a process to resolve their claims. In the days and months after the disaster, UCC took the following actions:
- Immediately provided approximately $2 million in aid to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund;
- Immediately and continuously provided medical equipment and supplies;
- Sent an international team of medical experts to Bhopal to provide expertise and assistance;
- Openly shared all its information on methylisocyanate (MIC) with the Government of India, including all published and unpublished toxicity studies available at the time;
- Dispatched a team of technical MIC experts to Bhopal on the day after the tragedy, which carried MIC studies that were widely shared with medical and scientific personnel in Bhopal;
- Funded the attendance by Indian medical experts at special meetings on research and treatment for victims;
- Provided a $2.2 million grant to Arizona State University to establish a vocational-technical center in Bhopal, which was constructed and opened, but was later closed and leveled by the government;
- Offered an initial $10 million to build a hospital in Bhopal; the offer was declined;
- Provided an additional $5 million to the Indian Red Cross;
- Established an independent charitable trust for a Bhopal hospital and provided initial funding of approximately $20 million, and
- Upon the sale of its interest in UCIL, and pursuant to a court order, provided approximately $90 million to the charitable trust for the hospital.
- In 1985, the Indian Parliament passed the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act, enabling the Government of India to bring all claims on behalf of its citizens. The Supreme Court of India subsequently affirmed the validity of this law.