An additional 1,816 crore was approved by the High Level Committee headed by Home Minister Amit Shah for the release of additional 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 additional assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund NDRF was approved by the HLC under Shah's chairmanship. 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. While Assam will get Rs 520.466 crore, Himachal Pradesh will get Rs 239.31 crore and Karnataka Rs 941.04 crore, it said. It said that Rs 47.326 crore has been approved for Meghalaya and Rs 68.02 crore for Nagaland. This additional assistance is over and above the funds released by the Centre to states in the State Disaster Response Fund SDRF, which is already at the disposal of the states, it said. The central government released 15,770 during the financial year 2022 -- 23. The central government had delegated Inter-Ministerial Central Teams IMCTs to these states, immediately after the calamities, without waiting for the receipt of Memorandum from the states, according to the statement.