HLC approves Rs. 5,751.27 cr. additional Central assistance to 8 States

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New Delhi : The High Level Committee (HLC) under the Chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved an additional Central assistance under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to eight States, which were affected by floods/ landslides/ cyclone/ drought during 2019.

HLC approved an additional Central assistance of Rs 5,751.27 crore to eight States from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) subject to the adjustment of 50% of balances available in the SDRF account as on April 1, of the financial year – Rs 953.17 crore to Bihar (of this Rs. 400 crore already released ‘on account basis’), Rs 460.77 crore to Kerala, Rs 177.37 crore to Nagaland, Rs 179.64 crore to Odisha, Rs 1758.18 crore to Maharashtra, Rs 1119.98 crore to Rajasthan, Rs 1090.68 crore to West Bengal for floods/ landslides /cyclone, drought (kharif) during 2019 and Rs. 11.48 crore to Karnataka towards additional assistance under Animal Husbandry sector for drought (rabi) of 2018-19.

During the 2019-20, till date, the Central Government has already released Rs 10,937.62 crore to 29 States as Central share from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and addtional assistance of Rs. 14,108.58 crore to 8 States under NDRF, according to a PIB release.