TMI BlogCentre releases Rs.7,532 crore to the States for Disaster ResponseX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Centre releases Rs.7,532 crore to the States for Disaster Response - News and Press Release Dated:- 12-7-2023 - News - Guidelines relaxed to provide funds to States immediately in view of heavy rains and associated natural disasters The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has today released an amount of Rs. 7,532 crore to 22 State Governments for the respective State Disaster Re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... sponse Funds (SDRF). The amount has been released as per the recommendations of the Ministry of Home Affairs. State-wise details of the amount released are as under: (Rs in crore) S.No. State Amount 1 Andhra Pradesh 493.60 2 Arunachal Pradesh 1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 10.40 3 Assam 340.40 4 Bihar 624.40 5 Chhattishgarh 181.60 6 Goa 4.80 7 Gujarat 584.00 8 Haryana 216.80 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 9 Himachal Pradesh 180.40 10 Karnataka 348.80 11 Kerala 138.80 12 Maharashtra 1420.80 13 Manipur 18.80 14 Meghalaya 27.20 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 15 Mizoram 20.80 16 Odisha 707.60 17 Punjab 218.40 18 Tamil Nadu 450.00 19 Telangana 188.80 20 Tripura 30.40 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 21 Uttar Pradesh 812.00 22 Uttrakhand 413.20 In the wake of heavy rains across the country, the guidelines have been relaxed and the amount has been released as immediate assistance to States without waiting for the utilisation certificate of the amount provided to the States in the last financial year. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... The State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) has been constituted in each State under Section 48 (1) (a) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The fund is the primary fund available with State Governments for responses to notified disasters. The Central Government contributes 75% to the SDRF in general States and 90% in North-East and Himalayan States. The annual Central contribution is releas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed in two equal instalments as per the recommendation of the Finance Commission. As per the guidelines, the funds are released on receipt of Utilisation Certificate of the amount released in the earlier instalment and receipt of a report from the State Government on the activities undertaken from SDRF. However, in view of the urgency, these requirements were waived while releasing the funds this ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... time. The SDRF is to be used only for meeting the expenditure for providing immediate relief to the victims of notified calamities like cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloud burst, pest attack and frost cold wave. Allocation of SDRF funds to the States is based on multiple factors like past expenditure, area, population, and disaster r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... isk index. These factors reflect States' institutional capacity, risk exposure, and hazard and vulnerability. Based on the 15 th Finance Commission recommendations, the Central Government has allocated Rs. 1,28,122.40 crore for SDRF for years 2021-22 to 2025-26. Out of this amount, the Central Government s share is Rs.98,080.80 crore. The Central Government had already released Rs. 34,1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 40.00 crore before the current release. With the current release, the total amount of Central share of SDRF released to the State Governments so far has gone up to Rs. 42,366 crore. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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