New Delhi (NVI): The High Level Committee (HLC), chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved additional central assistance of Rs. 5908.56 crore to seven states from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
The additional central assistance of Rs. 5908.56 crore for floods, landslides, cloudburst during south west monsoon 2019 were given to seven states — Rs 616.63 cr to Assam, Rs 284.93 cr to Himachal Pradesh, Rs 1869.85 cr to Karnataka, Rs 1749.73 cr to Madhya Pradesh, Rs 956.93 cr to Maharashtra, Rs 63.32 cr to Tripura and Rs 367.17 cr to Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier during 2019-20, the central government has released an interim financial assistance of Rs. 3,200 crore to 4 States – Rs 1200 crore to Karnataka, Rs 1000 crore to Madhya Pradesh, Rs 600 crore to Maharashtra and Rs 400 crore to Bihar.
Till date, centre government has released Rs 8068.33 crore to 27 states as central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
The Central governmen has been providing full support to the state governments by providing timely logistics and financial resources to supplement efforts of the state governments to deal with the situation effectively in the wake of natural calamities, an official statement said.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with senior officers of the ministries of Home Affairs, Finance, Agriculture and NITI Aayog were present in the meeting.
