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Union Minister Shah Approves Rs 1,816 Cr Of Additional Financial Aid To Five States
The Central assistance has been provided under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the states which were affected by flood, landslides, cloudburst during 2022
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High Level Committee meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved Rs 1,816.162 crore of additional Central assistance to five States, namely Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Monday.
The Central assistance has been provided under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the states which were affected by flood, landslides, cloudburst during 2022.
Assam has been allocated the central assistance of Rs 520.466 crore, Rs 239.31 crore has been given to Himachal Pradesh, Rs 941.04 crore to Karnataka, Rs 47.326 crore to Meghalaya and Nagaland has been allocated with the aid of Rs 68.02 crore.
This additional assistance is over and above the funds released by the Centre to the States in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at the disposal of the States. During the financial year 2022-23, the Central Government has released Rs 15,770.40 crore to 25 States in their SDRF and Rs 502.744 crore to 4 States from NDRF.
The Central Government had deputed Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to these States, immediately after the calamities, without waiting for the receipt of Memorandum from them, as per a press release.