Floods in Kerala: Center approves additional relief of Rs 2,500

Four months after the devastating floods of Kerala, the Center approved the granting of an additional loan of 2,500 crores for relief work and rehabilitation. The Center had already approved a crore of 600 rupees for the same thing.

In September, the Kerala government submitted a memorandum requesting 4,800 crore Rs with detailed information on loss of life, property, infrastructure and crop damage. However, a committee led by State Secretary Rajiv Gauba has released 3,100 crores of rupees, including 600 rupees crore approved earlier, officials said. Read this article in Malayalam

The decision will now be presented to the High Level Committee (HLC) chaired by the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Rajnath Singh, who, along with the Minister of Union Finance, Arun Jaitley, and the Minister of Agriculture of the Union, Radha Mohan Singh,

The Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), led by Special Secretary BR Sharma, visited Kerala for on-site badessment of damage and additional funding requirements. On the basis of its report, the National Executive Committee Subcommittee (SC-NEC), led by Gauba in accordance with the standards, recently approved the amount of additional badistance provided by the National Emergency Fund. in case of disaster, explained a senior government official.

An amount of Rs. 600 crores had already been sanctioned as early badistance, the Interior Ministry said following the controversy that the Center had rejected the offer of Rs. 700 issued by the United Arab Emirates for relief and rehabilitation work in Kerala. The Government had stated that India would not accept any financial badistance from foreign governments, in accordance with a policy in force since 2004, when the Center developed a Disaster Assistance Policy. in the wake of the devastating tsunami of December 2004.

By September, the Center had also increased its contribution to the National Fund for Disaster Relief (FSRP) from 75 to 90 per cent as of April. 1 which will also benefit Kerala. Under the Disaster Management Act of 2005, a financial mechanism has been put in place through the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) at the national level and the SDRF at the national level. 39 State to cover the expenses of rescue and rescue during any notified disaster.
At least 488 people died in Kerala because of the rains and floods of this monsoon. The large-scale devastation had affected 14 districts of the state.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of the Interior, in a separate communication to the states and territories of the unions, warned that while submitting a memorandum for central badistance, the state government "should to ensure that the memorandum is strictly in accordance with the articles and standards approved by the Indian Government. "

" This is the main reason for the gap between the badistance projected by the state government in its memorandum and NDRF badistance recommended by SC-NEC and approved by the HLC, "said a letter from MHA deputy secretary Sanjeev K. Jindal.