HCL approves Rs 1,816 crore for five states

A High Level Committee, headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of additional Rs 1,816 crore to five states, including Karnataka, as central assistance for the natural disasters faced by them. The assistance will be provided to Assam Himachal Pradesh Karnataka, Meghalaya and Nagaland for floods, landslides and cloudburst that occurred during 2022, according to an official statement. The HLC has approved additional central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund NDRF to five states, according to the statement. This shows the resolve of the Union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help the people of five states who have faced these natural disasters, it said. It said that Assam will get Rs 520.466 crore, Himachal Pradesh will receive Rs 239.31 crore and Karnataka Rs 941.04 crore. It said that Rs 47.326 crore has been approved for Meghalaya and Rs 68.02 crore for Nagaland. The 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, it said. The central government released 15,770 during the financial year 2022 -- 23. The statement said that 40 crore to 25 states in their SDRF and Rs 502.744 crore were allocated to four states from the 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.