National Disaster Response Fund

Odisha estimates Rs 9,336-cr loss due to Cyclone Fani, seeks assistance of Rs 5,227 crore from Centre

The cyclone Fani affected 14 districts of Odisha are Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri.

Cyclone Fani caused Odisha a loss of over Rs 9,000 cr: 1.6 cr people hit by storm, crops on 1.8 lakh hectare damaged

According to the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC), different departments assessed the loss to public properties to be Rs. 6643.63 crore, and an amount of Rs. 2692.63 crore is required for relief measures for the affected people.

Month after Cyclone Fani, 1.64 lakh families still living in darkness, only 52% power restored in Puri

The worst affected was Puri district where only 1,51,889 out of 2,91,171 affected electricity consumers (52 percent) have got back power so far, an official said adding, Fani had completely damaged power infrastructure in the district.

Centre approves relief fund of over Rs 3,700 crore for disaster-hit states of Kerala, Nagaland, and Andhra Pradesh

The High Level Committee approved the additional assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

Karnataka govt seeks immediate release of Rs 2,434 crore from NDRF as relief for farmers affected by drought, loss of crops

In the face of severe drought and crop loss due to floods in large parts of the state, the Karnataka government on Monday sought immediate release of Rs 2,434 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund for affected farmers.

GST Council discusses revenue shortfall, sets up seven-member ministerial panel on 'calamity tax'

The finance ministry has targeted monthly GST collections to be Rs 1 lakh crore for this fiscal, but the actual mop up has been less with the sole exception of April

Kerala Floods: State may have to wait months to get full central aid; process of assessing damage, fund-release time-consuming, says MHA

Flood-ravaged Kerala may have to wait a few months to get the complete financial aid package from the Centre as the process of assessing the extent of damage and fund release is time-consuming, officials said.

Centre says Rs 600cr provided to flood-hit Kerala till now only 'advance assistance', further funds subject to damage-assessment

On Wednesday, Kerala Congress leader Oomnen Chandy had termed the Centre's financial assistance to flood-ravaged Kerala as "disappointing."

Kerala, After The Flood: Centre's aid less than the cost of one Rafale jet, one-seventh of sum spent on government's VVIP aircraft

In response to Kerala’s request for Rs 2,000 crore for rehabilitation, the Centre has released Rs 600 crore, less than the cost of one Rafale fighter jet (Rs 670 crore), 36 of which India hopes to buy from France

Kerala floods: What state is demanding is official transfer of money assigned for relief, and not charity

Kerala received only 1.62 percent of the total money allocated by the Centre for the year 2018-19 at the national level