High-level committee approves Rs 1604 cr to 5 states for expansion, modernisation of fire servicesA high-level committee approved projects worth Rs 1,604.39 crore for five states for expansion and modernization of fire services. Addition...
Centre, Karnataka should resolve issue related to drought aid: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court urged the Centre and Karnataka government to resolve the dispute over drought relief funds. Karnataka, facing severe drou...
Centre approves release of Rs 675 cr to flood-hit Gujarat, Manipur, TripuraThe Centre has approved Rs 675 crore for flood-affected Gujarat, Manipur, and Tripura from the SDRF and NDRF. Inter-Ministerial Central Tea...
MHA issues new fund norms for 'recovery, reconstruction' after 15th Finance Commission's suggestionsThe home ministry has introduced new guidelines for the creation and management of recovery and reconstruction funds, following recommendat...
Karnataka moves SC seeking direction to Centre to release funds for drought managementKarnataka urges SC for urgent NDRF aid release due to severe drought impact on agriculture. State alleges Centre's illegal delay in providi...
Centre okays release of Rs 250 crore to Assam for flood reliefIn a communique the ministry of Home Affairs stated, "After examination, it has been decided with the approval of Home Minister to release ...
Assam floods damaged 30,000 to 40,000 houses, says CM Himanta Biswa SarmaLater, talking to journalists, Sarma said since Assam's flood has been labelled "severe" by a central team, which made an assessment of the...
Drought-hit Rajasthan, Nagaland to get Rs 1,043 cr from govtGovernment of India has approved additional central assistance of Rs. 1,043.23 crore to the two drought-hit states from the NDRF in which R...
Rs 30,000 cr of disaster funds given to states in one yearProbably in one of the highest yearly spend towards disaster mitigation, the central government has released more than Rs 30,000 crore of d...
Supreme Court refuses to direct Modi government on PM CARES FundPM CARES was a public charitable trust and there was no occasion for issuing any direction to transfer the said funds to NDRF. The Centre, ...
Supreme Court reserves order on plea for transferring funds collected in PM CARES to NDRFThe Supreme Court has reserved its order on the issue raised in the petition regarding transferring the money collected under the PM CARES ...
Statutory funds can’t come in way of PM-Cares Fund, says governmentAny demand to transfer the PM-Cares Fund to the NDRF is not maintainable on merits as all funds other than the funds stipulated under Secti...
Finance Ministry clears way for individual, institutional contributions to NDRFA copy of the letter was sent to activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd) who has raised the issue that even after setting up of the Disaster...
COVID-19 fight: Govt has Rs 60k crore war chest in disaster fundsThe kitty is made out of funds allocated every year to states to meet expenditure on relief and rehabilitation.
Flood-ravaged Kerala's wait for full central aid package could be longExpenditure from the NDRF is meant to assist a state to provide immediate relief in those cases of severe calamity, where the expenditure r...
Jammu and Kashmir Governor urges Centre for release of funds for flood victimsNN Vohra urged the Centre for immediate release of funds under the NDRF for relief and rehabilitation of victims of last year's devastating...
GoM meets consider erosion as natural calamityChief Minister Gogoi explained to the committee that in Assam there is loss of about 8000 hectares of land every year because of erosion by...