Lok Sabha Question No. 4074 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Calamity Prone Areas
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, KRISHN PRATAP SINGH, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4074

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  MARCH, 2018/ PHALGUNA 29, 1939 (SAKA) CALAMITY PRONE AREAS

†4074.

SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA: DR. KRISHAN PRATAP: DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  regions  prone  to  floods, landslides and avalanches in the country for taking preventive measures and to mitigate the impact of such calamities;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether owing to delay in assessment of losses in flood affected areas by the central agencies, the flood affected people are not getting timely assistance;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the  funds  provided  as  assistance  to  flood  affected  persons  by  the Government during the last two years, State-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a)  to (e):  As  per  the  vulnerability  Atlas  of  India  published  by  Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation), India is vulnerable to various types of calamities. As per said Atlas 58.6% of its land is prone to earthquake, 8.5% is vulnerable to cyclone and 5% vulnerable to flood.  The hilly regions are at risk from landslides and avalanches.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.4074 FOR 20.03.2018

With regard to providing assistance to the States in the time of disaster including  flood,  it  is  stated  that  the  primary  responsibility  for  disaster management rests with the States.   The Government of India extends all the  possible  logistics  and  financial  support  to  the  States  to  supplement their  efforts  to  meet  the  situation  effectively.  There  are  well  established institutional  mechanisms  at  the  National,  State  and  district  level  for effective  management  of  natural  calamities  including  flood  at  the  State/ District and local Governments level.  In order to supplement the efforts of the  State,  financial  assistance  is  extended  from  the  State  Disaster Response  Fund  (SDRF)/  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF),  in accordance with the established procedure. The concerned State Governments  undertake  assessment  of  losses  and  provide  relief  to  the affected people in the wake of natural calamities including flood, from the SDRF already  placed  at  their  disposal,  in  accordance  with  the  approved items & norms of assistance and based on the magnitude of the ground situation. The financial assistance is towards relief and not for compensation of loss as suffered/ claimed. This Ministry does not centrally maintain  the  relief  provided  to  the  affected  persons,  since  execution  of relief activities on the ground is responsibility of State concerned.

State-wise details of allocation and releases from SDRF and NDRF during the last two years are given in Annexure.

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## Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and releases of SDRF and NDRF during the years 2016-17 to 2017-18

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   |               | Allocation under SDRF   | Allocation under SDRF   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Centre's share of SDRF released   | Released from NDRF   | Released from NDRF   |
|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State         | 2016-17                 | 2017-18                 | 2016-17                           | 2017-18 (till date)               | 2016-17              | 2017-18 (till date)  |
| 1         | 2             | 3                       | 4                       | 5                                 | 6                                 | 7                    | 8                    |
| 1         | Andhra Pr.    | 462.00                  | 485.00                  | 346.50                            | 363.75                            | 702.72               | --                   |
| 2         | Arunachal Pr. | 55.00                   | 57.00                   | 49.50                             | 51.30                             | 51.06                | 32.44                |
| 3         | Assam         | 483.00                  | 507.00                  | 434.70                            | 456.30                            | --                   | --                   |
| 4         | Bihar         | 492.00                  | 517.00                  | 369.00                            | 489.56                            | --                   | 1363.47              |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh  | 253.00                  | 265.00                  | 94.875                            | 194.25                            | 313.385              | 49.31                |
| 6         | Goa           | 4.00                    | 4.00                    | 3.00                              | 1.50                              | --                   | --                   |
| 7         | Gujarat       | 740.00                  | 777.00                  | 555.00                            | 500.00                            | --                   | --                   |
| 8         | Haryana       | 323.00                  | 339.00                  | 357.75                            | 254.25                            | --                   | --                   |
| 9         | Himachal Pr.  | 248.00                  | 260.00                  | 223.20                            | 234.00                            | 81.22                | 63.23                |
| 10        | J& K          | 268.00                  | 281.00                  | 241.20                            | --                                | --                   | --                   |
| 11        | Jharkhand     | 382.00                  | 401.00                  | 286.50                            | 300.75                            | --                   | --                   |
| 12        | Karnataka     | 290.00                  | 305.00                  | 217.50                            | 228.75                            | 2292.50              | 913.044              |
| 13        | Kerala        | 194.00                  | 204.00                  | 145.50                            | 153.00                            | --                   | 164.72               |
| 14        | Madhya Pr.    | 921.00                  | 967.00                  | 690.75                            | 725.25                            | 863.81               | 502.09               |
| 15        | Maharashtra   | 1557.00                 | 1635.00                 | 583.875                           | 1810.125                          | 2224.78              | --                   |
| 16        | Manipur       | 20.00                   | 21.00                   | 18.00                             | 18.90                             | 14.65                | 110.82               |
| 17        | Meghalaya     | 25.00                   | 27.00                   | 22.50                             | 24.30                             | --                   | --                   |
| 18        | Mizoram       | 18.00                   | 19.00                   | 16.20                             | 17.10                             | --                   | 35.97                |
| 19        | Nagaland      | 10.00                   | 11.00                   | 9.00                              | 9.90                              | 0.96                 | 25.01                |
| 20        | Odisha        | 785.00                  | 824.00                  | 588.75                            | 618.00                            | 425.66               | --                   |
| 21        | Punjab        | 409.00                  | 430.00                  | 306.75                            | 161.25                            | --                   | --                   |
| 22        | Rajasthan     | 1158.00                 | 1216.00                 | 868.50                            | 912.00                            | 990.82               | 301.65               |
| 23        | Sikkim        | 33.00                   | 34.00                   | 29.70                             | 30.60                             | --                   | --                   |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu    | 713.00                  | 748.00                  | 534.75                            | 561.00                            | 1813.66              | 351.81               |
| 25        | Telangana     | 288.00                  | 302.00                  | 216.00                            | --                                | 328.16               | 58.40                |
| 26        | Tripura       | 33.00                   | 34.00                   | 29.70                             | 30.60                             | --                   | --                   |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh | 709.00                  | 744.00                  | 531.75                            | 558.00                            | 1062.09              | 119.67               |
| 28        | Uttarakhand   | 220.00                  | 231.00                  | 198.00                            | 207.90                            | --                   | --                   |
| 29        | West Bengal   | 542.00                  | 569.00                  | 406.50                            | 426.75                            | 275.82 11441.30      | --                   |
|           | Total         | 11635.00                | 12214.00                | 8374.95                           | 9339.08                           |                      | 4091.63              |

#    Including arrears of SDRF for the previous year.