The government has allocated ₹9,578.40 crore to 22 states from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) until July 15 to aid those impacted ...

The Kerala government is still awaiting information from the union government about the funds for the relief and rehabilitation of Wayanad ...

The government clarified that no provision exists to declare a natural disaster as a 'national disaster,' citing a 2013 reply by Congress M...

Rai said keeping in view the spread of coronavirus in India and the declaration of COVID-19 as pandemic by the World Health Organisation (W...

The decision has been taken by Union Home Minister Amit Shah as part of the Modi government's initiative to facilitate state governments to...

The report of the IMCT is considered by the Sub-Committee of the National Executive Committee (SC-NEC). Thereafter, the High-Level Committe...

The home ministry has included 'locust control activity' in the list of items eligible for State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) due to Covid-1...

The 15th finance commission had recommended allocation of Rs 28,983 crore to SDRF, out of which the Centre recently released its share of f...

While the loss to public properties was to the tune of Rs 5,175 crore, expenditure towards relief and response stands at Rs 6,767.56 crore,...

Expenditure from the NDRF is meant to assist a state to provide immediate relief in those cases of severe calamity, where the expenditure r...

Now, those farmers whose crops are damaged up to 33 per cent will be entitled for compensation. Earlier it was limited upto 50 per cent.

These funds are of use to state governments for providing relief to the victims of notified disasters as per the norms.

An NIDM paper on the national disaster risk profile, referring to scientific assessments, warned that very severe earthquakes were likely t...

The Home Ministry also said that 10 per cent allocation under the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) could be spent on equipment.

A ministerial panel has been formed to look into the issue of raising financial assistance given to farmers whose crops have been affected ...

Centre has rejected the proposal of Assam Government for enhancement of financial assistance under State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) for th...

HLC also discussed the recently revised norms for providing input subsidy to farmers in the wake of crop failure due to natural disaster.