Lok Sabha Question No. 4007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-25
Subject: Flood Relief to Telangana
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Kunduru Raghuveer

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4007

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  MARCH, 2025/ CHAITRA 4, 1947 (SAKA)

FLOOD RELIEF TO TELANGANA

4007. SHRI KUNDURU RAGHUVEER:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether Telangana has received less flood relief than Andhra Pradesh;

(b) whether the Government will reassess Telangana's flood damage; and

(c) whether there is a plan to increase relief funds based on the actual losses and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a):  The  Scheme of  financing  the  relief  expenditure  under  State  Disaster

Response  Fund  (SDRF)  and  National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  is based on the recommendations of the successive Finance Commissions setup under the Article 280 of the Indian Constitution. Further, the disbursement  of  assistance  from  SDRF  and  NDRF  is  governed  by  the guidelines and the items and norms of assistance, which are formulated in consultation  with  all  stakeholders, including States. These guidelines and

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 4007 FOR 25.03.2025

norms of assistance of SDRF and NDRF are applied PAN India without any discrimination,  and  which  are  available  on  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs website https://ndmindnia.mha.gov.in.

(b) and (c): 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. The State Governments undertake relief measures in the wake of natural calamities, from the SDRF already placed at their disposal, in accordance with  Government  of  India  approved  items  and  norms.   The  Central Government supplements the efforts of the State Governments and provides requisite logistics and financial support.  Additional financial assistance is provided from the NDRF, as per laid down procedure, in case of disaster of 'severe nature', which includes an assessment based on the visit of an Inter -Ministerial Central Team (IMCT).

In wake of floods during 2024 in Telangana, an IMCT was constituted by the Central Government on 5 th  September, 2024 for on the spot assessment of damages, without waiting for the Memorandum from the State Government. The  IMCT  visited  the  affected  areas  in  the  State  during  10 th   to  13 th September, 2024.  Based on the report of the IMCT, the Central Government

L.S.US.Q.NO. 4007 FOR 25.03.2025 approved an amount of Rs. 231.75 crore (subject to the adjustment of 50%

of balance available in the SDRF account) from NDRF, for the floods of 2024.

Besides, an amount of Rs. 555.20 crore (Rs. 416.80 crore Central Share + Rs. 138.40 crore State share) has been allocated in SDRF to Telangana for the financial year 2024-25. The Central Share of Rs. 416.80 crore has already been released in advance to the State.  In addition, the Accountant General, Telangana reported a balance of Rs. 1345.15 crore in its SDRF account as on 1 st April, 2024.  Thus, sufficient funds are available in the SDRF account of the State for the relief operations.

The financial assistance provided under SDRF and NDRF is by the way of relief and not for compensation for losses as suffered/ claimed. ******