Lok Sabha Question No. 6194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-11
Subject: Budget Allocation to NDRF
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6194

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  APRIL, 2017/ CHAITRA 21, 1939 (SAKA)

BUDGET ALLOCATION TO NDRF

6194.

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether there is a decline in the allocation of funds to NDRF, if so, the reasons  therefor  along  with  the  details  of  the  budget  allocated  to  NDRF during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)  the  funds  assigned  to  infrastructure  for  disaster  management  and  the measures taken by the Government to augment the infrastructure;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  training  programmes  undertaken  for  the  personnel  of NDRF to augment their skills and preparedness;
- (d) whether there is any shortage in the personnel employed by NDRF; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  measures  taken  to  fill  the vacancies, if any?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a): No Madam.

(b): An amount of Rs.882.24 crore was approved by the Expenditure Finance Committee  (EFC)  in  March,  2015  for  development  of  infrastructure  in  10 Battalions  and  10  Team  Locations  of  National  Disaster  Response  Force (NDRF) during the period from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.6194 FOR 11.04.2017

(c): Training of NDRF personnel to augment their skills and preparedness is a continuous process. The details of the training programmes undertaken by the NDRF personnel are given at Annexure-I;

- (d): No Madam.
- (e): Does not arise.

## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  ANSWER  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.6194 FOR 11 TH  APRIL, 2017.

The NDRF has trained its 9211 personnel in Domestic Courses including Basic Training and 40 personnel in Foreign Courses during the last three years. The details are given below:-

| Year / Training   |   Domestic Courses |   Foreign Courses |
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| 2014-15           |               5302 |                15 |
| 2015-16           |               2243 |                17 |
| 2016-17           |               1666 |                 8 |
| Total             |               9211 |                40 |

The details of Mock Drills conducted by NDRF during the last three years are as under:-

| Year                  |   No of Mock Exercise |   Total Personnel Benefited |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2014                  |                    87 |                       31215 |
| 2015                  |                   163 |                      102460 |
| 2016                  |                   300 |                      130538 |
| 2017(Till 31.03.2017) |                   100 |                       33910 |
| Total                 |                   650 |                      298123 |

Besides, NDRF also coordinated Tsunami Mock Drill in five coastal states i.e. Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Odisha and Mock Drill for Radiological emergencies at the Airports of Kolkata, Bengaluru, Mumbai and New Delhi.

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