Centre approves additional financial aid under National Disaster Response Fund for five states affected by natural calamities in 2022

Centre approves additional financial aid under National Disaster Response Fund for five states affected by natural calamities in 2022

• The Centre has approved the additional Centralassistance of over 1,816 crore rupees under the National Disaster Response Fund(NDRF) to 5 States which were affected by the floods, landslides, andcloudbursts in 2022.
• These States are Assam, Himachal Pradesh,Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland. The assistance was approved by a High-LevelCommittee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
• Of the total amount, over 520 crore rupees havebeen approved for Assam, 239 crore rupees for Himachal Pradesh, Rs941 crore for Karnataka, Rs47 crore rupees for Meghalaya and around Rs68 crore rupeesfor Nagaland. Home Ministry in a statement said that this shows the resolve ofthe Central Government to help the people of these five States who faced thesenatural disasters.
• The Ministry said that this additional assistance is over andabove the funds released by the Centre to the States in the State DisasterResponse Fund (SDRF), During the financial year 2022-23, the Central Governmenthas released more than Rs15,770/- crores rupees to 25 States in theirSDRF and around 502 crore rupees to 4 States from NDRF.

February Weekly Current Affairs (Awards) Bitbank: Which state police force will be conferred the President’s Colour Award for their outstanding service to the nation?

                         >> Download Current Affairs PDFs Here

                              Download Sakshi Education Mobile APP

Published date : 14 Mar 2023 05:29PM