Lok Sabha Question No. 691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Resettlement of Displaced Persons
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 691

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2023/ SRAVANA 3, 1945 (SAKA)

RESETTLEMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS

691.     SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether is it a fact that the 15th Finance Commission accorded river erosion as a natural calamity and recommended for adequate compensation  including  rehabilitation  under  State  Disaster  Relief  Fund (SDRF)  and  National  Disaster  Relief  Fund  (NDRF)  and  if  so,  the  details thereof including subsequent action taken;
- (b) the details and the status of implementation of the said recommendations of fund allocation of 'Resettlement of Displaced People affected  by  Erosion'  under  NDRF  and  Mitigation  Measures  to  Prevent Erosion under NDMF;
- (c) the details of funds allocated to Assam  so  far for relief and rehabilitation for erosion-hit communities under SDRF and NDRF respectively;
- (d)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  the  report  sought  from Assam State Government with details of those victims in the State  who have become landless and homeless due to erosion; and
- (e)  the  details  of  any  action  taken  so  far  or  planned  to  be  taken  by  the Government to compensate victims of river erosion?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) had observed that coastal   and   river   erosion   can  have  serious  adverse  socio-economic

consequences.  It  had  considered  two  aspects  related  to  erosion  i.e. resettlement  of  displaced  people  affected  by  erosion  [under  National Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)]  and  mitigation  measures  to  prevent erosion [(under National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF)].

For  resettlement  of  displaced  people  affected  by  erosion,  XV-FC  had recommended that both the Union and State Governments develop a policy to deal with the extensive displacement of people caused by coastal and river  erosion.    To  implement  such  policy,  XV-FC  had  recommended  an allocation  of  Rs.  1,000  Crore  at  the  national  level  under  the  Recovery  & Reconstruction Funding Window of NDRF.

Further  to  mitigate  the  risk  of  erosion,  XV-FC  had  recommended  an allocation of Rs. 1,500 crore from NDMF for the award period 2021-22 to 2025-26. The guidelines on constitution and administration of the National Disaster  Mitigation  Fund  (NDMF)  have  been  issued  on  28.02.2022  and those for NDRF and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) on 12.01.2022.

(c): No State wise allocation of fund had been recommended by XV-FC for erosion-hit  communities  under  SDRF  and  NDRF.    The  State  Government can request assistance from the resources available through the Recovery & Reconstruction Funding Window of NDRF and are need to avail theses resources on a cost sharing basis.

L.S.US.Q.NO. 691 FOR 25.07.2023

Fund  allocated  under  SDRF  and  released  under  NDRF  as  well  as  under SDMF to Assam State Government are given below:-

Rs. in Crore

| Year-wise allocation of fund under SDRF   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDRF   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDRF   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDRF   | Year-wise release of fund under NDRF   | Year-wise release of fund under NDRF   | Year-wise release of fund under NDRF   | Year-wise release of fund under NDRF   |
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 2020-21                                   | 2021-22                                   | 2022-23                                   | 2023-24                                   | 2020-21                                | 2021-22                                | 2022-23                                | 2023-24                                |
| 686.40                                    | 686.40                                    | 720.80                                    | 756.80                                    | 44.37                                  | --                                     | 250.00                                 | --                                     |

| Year-wise allocation of fund under SDMF including State share   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDMF including State share   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDMF including State share   | Year-wise allocation of fund under SDMF including State share   | Year-wise release of Central share under SDMF   | Year-wise release of Central share under SDMF   | Year-wise release of Central share under SDMF   | Year-wise release of Central share under SDMF   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21                                                         | 2021-22                                                         | 2022-23                                                         | 2023-24                                                         | 2020-21                                         | 2021-22                                         | 2022-23                                         | 2023-24                                         |
| 171.60                                                          | 171.60                                                          | 180.20                                                          | 180.20                                                          | 154.40                                          | 154.40                                          | -                                               | -                                               |

(d) to (e) No such report has been received from the State of Assam.

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