Lok Sabha Question No. 287 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-22
Subject: Losses due to Intense Monsoon Rainfall
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Shri Sudheer Gupta, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Chavan Ravindra Vasantrao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 287

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  JULY, 2025/ ASHADHA 31, 1947 (SAKA)

LOSSES DUE TO INTENSE MONSOON RAINFALL

287.    SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI CHAVAN RAVINDRA VASANTRAO:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether some parts of the country have witnessed early and intense monsoon rainfall recently leading to heavy loss of property and human life;
- (b) if so, the total human casualties and property losses due to intense monsoon rain across various States in the country;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted any central team to visit the affected States/areas and assess the losses and if so, the details thereof and time by which the said compensation is likely to be given and the findings of the said team;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to give any compensation to the kith and kins of those who lost their life or property in these flash floods and if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said compensation is likely to be given; and
- (e)  the  details  of  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to restore  the  basic  amenities  like  road  connectivity,  drinking  water  and electricity to the affected areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  As  reported  by  India  Meteorological  Department  (IMD),  Southwest Monsoon  was  set  in  over  Kerala  on  24 th  May  2025,  8  days in advance

compared to its normal date of onset which is on 1st June. This is the earliest  onset in  17  years  after  2009  when  it  was  on  23rd  May.  It  was followed by rapid advance till 29th May, when it covered south India and North  East  India.  Over  Mumbai,  it  advanced  on  26th  May  against  the normal  date  of  advancement,  11th  June.  It  is  the  earliest  monsoon advancement  over  Mumbai  during  last  75  years.  Southwest  Monsoon covered the entire country on 29th June 2025, 9 days ahead of its normal day 8th July. The major rainfall activities were mainly observed during 2nd half of June and 1-15 July 2025. Due to highly favourable synoptic systems and  monsoonal  winds,  central  and  western  parts  of  India,  including Gujarat and Rajasthan, have regularly experienced heavy rainfall spells, leading to excess to large excess rainfall over these areas, due to which early flood incidents have also been reported.

(b): The Ministry does not centrally maintain the data of damages due to any disasters. However, as per the information received from the various State  Governments/UTs,  the  details  of  damages  caused  due  to  hydrometeorological disasters during the current year (as on 16.07.2025) are at Annexure.

(c):  An  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Team  (IMCT)  has  been  constituted  for Himachal  Pradesh,  without  waiting  for  the  memorandum,  to  visit  the

affected areas of the State for assessment of damages caused by the flash flood/ floods, cloudburst and landslides.

(d) and (e): The financial assistance under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) in the wake of natural disasters is by way of relief and not for compensation of loss as suffered/ claimed. As per the National Policy on Disaster Management (NPDM), the primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management,  including  disbursal  of relief  assistance  on  ground  level,  rests  with  the  State  Governments concerned. However, financial assistance to notified calamity, including landslides  and  floods,  is  provided  from  SDRF/  NDRF as  per  established procedure.  The  State  Government  concerned  is  required  to  undertake necessary  relief  measures  in  the  landslides  affected  areas  out  of  the SDRF, already placed with the State Government, as per Government of India norms.

During  the  current  financial  year  (as  on  15th  July,  2025),  Central Government has released central share of Rs 9578.40 crore to 22 States under SDRF, in order to support the affected people of the States.  The details of the funds allocated and released under SDRF/NDRF to the States are available on Disaster Management, MHA's website i.e. ndmindia.mha.gov.in.

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ANNEXURE L.S.US.Q.NO. 287 FOR 22.07.2025

## Details of damages  as reported by State Governments/UTs due to hydrometeorological disasters from 01.04.2025 to 16.07.2025

| S. No.   | State                | Human Lives lost (No.)   | Cattle Lost (No.)   | Houses/huts damaged (No.)   | Cropped Area affected (in ha.)   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       | 258                      | --                  | --                          | --                               |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 14                       | 143                 | 761                         | 1713.47                          |
| 3        | Assam                | 32                       | 14256               | 39810                       | 29714.89                         |
| 4        | Bihar                | 101                      | --                  | -                           | --                               |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         | 11                       | 36                  | 148                         | -                                |
| 6        | Goa                  | 2                        | --                  | 242                         | -                                |
| 7        | Gujarat              | 63                       | 686                 | 2015                        | --                               |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh     | 171                      | 23818               | 1528                        | --                               |
| 9        | Karnataka            | 89                       | 807                 | 3901                        | 18097                            |
| 10       | Kerala               | 71                       | --                  | 4934                        | -                                |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh       | 148                      | 325                 | 986                         | -                                |
| 12       | Maharashtra          | 69                       | 208                 | 1197                        | 91429                            |
| 13       | Manipur              | 7                        | 171                 | 17725                       | 1481.28                          |
| 14       | Meghalaya            | 14                       | 11                  | 1846                        | 6372.30                          |
| 15       | Mizoram              | 14                       | --                  | 72                          | --                               |
| 16       | Nagaland             | 03                       | --                  | 803                         | 11                               |
| 17       | Odisha               | 02                       | 517                 | 4537                        | 753                              |
| 18       | Punjab               | 24                       | 25                  | 58                          | 3569.11                          |
| 19       | Rajasthan            | 43                       | 39                  | 23                          | --                               |
| 20       | Sikkim               | 8                        | --                  | 1108                        | 5.66                             |
| 21       | Tripura              | 23                       | 07                  | 8260                        | --                               |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh        | 21                       | --                  | --                          | --                               |
| 23       | Uttarakhand          | 75                       | 60                  | 279                         | 8.47                             |
| 24       | West Bengal          | --                       | --                  | --                          | --                               |
| 25       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 01                       | --                  | 03                          | --                               |
| 26       | Dadar & Nagar Haveli | --                       | --                  | 01                          | --                               |
| 27       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 33                       | 10590               | 2418                        | 1239.09                          |
| 28       | Ladakh               | --                       | --                  | -                           | --                               |
| 29       | Lakshadweep          | --                       | --                  | -                           | --                               |
| 30       | Puducherry           | --                       | --                  | 08                          | --                               |
|          | Total                | 1297                     | 51699               | 92663                       | 154394.27                        |

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