Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drought Assistance, 08/03/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Drought Assistance, 08/03/2016. During the year 2015-16, Karnataka (both for Kharif and Rabi), Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan, had submitted Memoranda seeking financial assistance from National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) in the wake of drought. On receipt of such memoranda, Government of India constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams(IMCTs) to visit the drought affected areas of these States for an assessment of the requirement for the quantum of financial assistance. Sub-Committee of National Executive Committees (SC-NECs) considered the IMCT Reports and referred recommendations for consideration of High Level Committee(HLC) under Ministry of Home Affairs. The State-wise details regarding the amounts demanded from the NDRF by the State Governments, recommendation of IMCTs, SC-NECs, amounts approved by HLCs and amount released by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance are at Annexure. After approval of quantum of financial assistance by the Govt. of India, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh submitted revised demand requesting for release of Rs.2344.99 crore (as against earlier demand of Rs. 2217.08 crore) and Rs.5114.53 crore (as against earlier demand of Rs.4821.64 crore) respectively from NDRF.