Lok Sabha Question No. 3009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: State Disaster Response Fund
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Sumalatha Ambareesh, D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3009

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2023/ SRAVANA 17, 1945 (SAKA) STATE DISASTER RESPONSE FUND

3009. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRIMATI SUMALATHA AMBAREESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  true  that  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF)  is  the primary  fund  available  with  the  State  Governments  for  responses  to notified disasters to meet expenditure for providing immediate relief;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of total amount of SDRF allocated and released to the State Governments during each of the last three years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  Primary  responsibility  of  undertaking  rescue,  relief  and rehabilitation  measures  in  the  event  of  a  natural  disaster  rests  with  the State  Government  concerned.  The  State  Governments  undertake  relief measures in the event of the 12 notified (drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloud burst, pest attack and frost & cold wave) natural disasters from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at their disposal, in accordance with the approved

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3009 FOR 08.08.2023

items and norms of the Government of India. Additional financial assistance is provided from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), as  per  the  laid  down  procedure  in  case  of  a  disaster  of  'severe  nature', which  includes  an  assessment  based  on  the  visit  of  an  Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT).

State-wise  details  of  allocation  and  release  of  fund  under  the  SDRF  and NDRF for the period of 2020-21 to 2022-23 is given at Annexure.

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## LS USQ NO.3009 on 08.08.2023 ANNEXURE

## STATEMENT SHOWING STATE-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER SDRF AND NDRF DURING THE YEAR 2020-21 TO   2022-23

(Rs. in crore)

| S.N.   | State             | Allocation under SDRF including Centre and State share   | Allocation under SDRF including Centre and State share   | Allocation under SDRF including Centre and State share   | Centre's Released   | Share     | of SDRF   | Release from NDRF   | Release from NDRF   | Release from NDRF   |
|--------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S.N.   | State             | 2020-21                                                  | 2021-22                                                  | 2022-23                                                  | 2020-21             | 2021-22   | 2022-23   | 2020-21             | 2021-22             | 2022-23             |
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh    | 1192.80                                                  | 1192.80                                                  | 1252.80                                                  | 895.20              | 895.20    | 940.00    | 657.029             | 351.43              | --                  |
| 2.     | Arunachal Pradesh | 222.40                                                   | 222.40                                                   | 233.60                                                   | 200.00              | 200.00    | 210.40    | 59.34               | --                  | --                  |
| 3.     | Assam             | 686.40                                                   | 686.40                                                   | 720.80                                                   | 617.60              | 617.60    | 648.80    | 44.37               | --                  | 250.00              |
| 4.     | Bihar             | 1510.40                                                  | 1510.40                                                  | 1586.40                                                  | 1132.80             | 1132.80   | 1189.60   | 1255.27             | 1038.96             | --                  |
| 5.     | Chhattisgarh      | 460.80                                                   | 460.80                                                   | 484.00                                                   | 345.60              | 345.60    | 181.60    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 6.     | Goa               | 12.00                                                    | 12.00                                                    | 12.80                                                    | 9.60                | 9.60      | 9.60      | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 7.     | Gujarat           | 1412.00                                                  | 1412.00                                                  | 1482.40                                                  | 1059.20             | 1059.20   | 556.00    | --                  | 1000.00             | --                  |
| 8.     | Haryana           | 524.00                                                   | 524.00                                                   | 550.40                                                   | 392.80              | 392.80    | 412.80    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 9.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 363.20                                                   | 363.20                                                   | 380.80                                                   | 327.20              | 327.20    | 342.40    | 2.90                | --                  | 214.26              |
| 10.    | Jharkhand         | 605.60                                                   | 605.60                                                   | 635.20                                                   | 454.40              | 454.40    | --        | --                  | 200.00              | --                  |
| 11.    | Karnataka         | 843.20                                                   | 843.20                                                   | 885.60                                                   | 632.80              | 632.80    | 664.00    | 689.27              | 1623.30             | 939.83              |
| 12.    | Kerala            | 335.20                                                   | 335.20                                                   | 352.00                                                   | 251.20              | 251.20    | 264.00    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 13.    | Madhya Pradesh    | 1941.60                                                  | 1941.60                                                  | 2038.40                                                  | 1456.00             | 1456.00   | 1528.80   | 1891.79             | 600.50              | --                  |
| 14.    | Maharashtra       | 3436.80                                                  | 3436.80                                                  | 3608.80                                                  | 2577.60             | 2577.60   | 2706.40   | 420.12              | 1056.39             | --                  |
| 15.    | Manipur           | 37.60                                                    | 37.60                                                    | 39.20                                                    | 33.60               | 33.60     | 35.20     | 26.53               | --                  | --                  |
| 16.    | Meghalaya         | 58.40                                                    | 58.40                                                    | 60.80                                                    | 52.80               | 52.80     | 27.20     | 16.52               | --                  | --                  |
| 17.    | Mizoram           | 41.60                                                    | 41.60                                                    | 43.20                                                    | 37.60               | 37.60     | 39.20     | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 18.    | Nagaland          | 36.80                                                    | 36.80                                                    | 38.40                                                    | 32.80               | 32.80     | 34.40     | 1.335               | --                  | 107.304             |
| 19.    | Odisha            | 1711.20                                                  | 1711.20                                                  | 1796.80                                                  | 1283.20             | 1283.20   | 1348.00   | 500.00              | 500.00              | --                  |
| 20.    | Punjab            | 528.00                                                   | 528.00                                                   | 554.40                                                   | 474.43              | 396.00    | 416.00    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 21.    | Rajasthan         | 1580.00                                                  | 1580.00                                                  | 1659.20                                                  | 1184.80             | 1184.80   | 1244.80   | 68.65               | --                  | 13.46               |
| 22.    | Sikkim            | 44.80                                                    | 44.80                                                    | 47.20                                                    | 40.00               | 40.00     | 42.40     | 73.86               | 55.23               | --                  |
| 23.    | Tamil Nadu        | 1088.00                                                  | 1088.00                                                  | 1142.40                                                  | 816.00              | 816.00    | 856.80    | 286.91              | 566.36              | --                  |
| 24.    | Telangana         | 479.20                                                   | 479.20                                                   | 503.20                                                   | 359.20              | 359.20    | 188.80    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 25.    | Tripura           | 60.80                                                    | 60.80                                                    | 63.20                                                    | 54.40               | 54.40     | 56.80     | 12.93               | --                  | --                  |
| 26.    | Uttar Pradesh     | 2062.40                                                  | 2062.40                                                  | 2165.60                                                  | 1546.40             | 1546.40   | 812.00    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 27.    | Uttarakhand       | 832.80                                                   | 832.80                                                   | 874.40                                                   | 749.60              | 749.60    | 787.20    | --                  | --                  | --                  |
| 28.    | West Bengal       | 1078.40                                                  | 1078.40                                                  | 1132.80                                                  | 808.80              | 808.80    | 849.60    | 2250.28             | 350.13              | --                  |
| TOTAL  | TOTAL             | 23,186.4023,186.40                                       | 23,186.4023,186.40                                       | 24,344.80                                                | 17,825.6            | 17,747.20 | 16,392.80 | 8,257.11            | 7,342.30            | 1524.854            |