Lok Sabha Question No. 2208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Loss of Cattle and Livestock due to Floods
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2208

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  MARCH, 2023/ PHALGUNA 23, 1944 (SAKA)

LOSS OF CATTLE AND LIVESTOCK DUE TO FLOODS

2208.  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of loss of cattle and livestock due to the floods in Rajasthan during August 2022, district-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  provide  assistance  with  respect  to animal  losses  during  a  natural  disaster  as  per  the  actual  number  of  cattle loss;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  amend  SDRF  norms  to  include Goshalas as cattle camps and allow relief assistance for all the cattle kept in these Goshalas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (e): Calamity-wise and district-wise losses are not centrally maintained by this Ministry.  However, as per information received from the State Government of Rajasthan, 184 cattles have been reported lost during south-west monsoon 2022.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2208 FOR 14.03.2023

The  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management  rests  with  the  States. The concerned State Governments undertake relief operations in the event of natural calamities from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), which are already  placed  at  its  disposal  in  accordance  with  the  Government  of  India approved items & norms of assistance. The Government of India supplements their  efforts  by  providing  assistance  from  the  National  Disaster  Response Fund  (NDRF)  by  following  the  laid  down  procedure.    Financial  assistance under SDRF/ NDRF in the event of natural calamities is by way of relief and not for compensation of loss as suffered/ claimed.

With regard to Goshalas, it is stated that as per revised list of items & norms, assistance is admissible for the existing Goshalas, if authorized by the State Government by Notification  or  Government  Order,  to  act  as  a  cattle  camp subject to the following conditions:-

- (i) During  the  period  of  calamity,  District  Administration  will  assess  the requirement  of  cattle  shelter  and  number  of  gaushala  required  to  be notified  as  cattle  shelter  in  the  District/  Tehsil.    After  obtaining  the base-line information on the cattle already sheltered and the number of more  cattle  it  can  accommodate,  Gaushala  may  be  notified  as  cattle shelter.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 2208 FOR 14.03.2023

- (ii) The  notified gaushala shall maintain a separate account  of the additional  cattle  belonging  to  Small  and  Marginal  Farmers  (SMF)  and landless labourers for the notified drought period.  The consolidated list of SMF and landless beneficiaries with number and types of animals will be displayed on the notice board of Gram Panchayat, Block, Tehsil and in the office of Sub-Divisional Magistrate and District Magistrate as well as  State/  District  web-site  for  the  purpose  of  verification  and  social audit.
- (iii) SDRF  funds  will only be released to such notified gaushala on reimbursement basis and will be limited to list of individual beneficiaries notified as in Sl. No. (ii) above.

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