Lok Sabha Question No. 1538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Delay in release of Disaster Relief Funds
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri  Radhakrishna

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1538

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 9 TH  DECEMBER, 2025/ AGRAHAYANA 18, 1947 (SAKA)

DELAY IN RELEASE OF DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS

1538. SHRI RADHAKRISHNA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds allocated and released by the Government under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) during the last five years, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether there have been any delays in the release of the Central share of disaster relief funds to Karnataka during this period;

(c) if so, the reasons for such delays; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure timely release of disaster management funds to States/UTs in future?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (b) : 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  State  Disaster  Response  Fund  (SDRF) already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of India approved  items  and  norms.  The  Central  Government  supplements  the

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1538 FOR 09.12.2025

efforts  of  the  State  Governments  and  provides  requisite  logistics  and financial support. Additional financial assistance is provided from National Disaster Response Fund (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).  The  financial assistance provided under SDRF and NDRF is by way of relief and not for compensation of loss suffered/claimed. 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.  The  State-wise details of funds allocated and released under SDRF/NDRF during the years from  2021-22  to  2024-25    to  all  states  including  Karnataka  are  at Annexure.

(c) to (d) : In order to expedite the assessment and release of additional financial  assistance  to  States,  Government  of  India  took  a  significant decision  on  19.08.2019  to  depute  IMCT  immediately  in  the  aftermath  of any  natural  calamity  of  severe  nature,  and  without  waiting  for  the memorandum from the State Government. Based on the report received from  the  team,  further  action  is  taken  according  to  the  established procedure.

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## Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and releases of funds under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) during the years 2020-21 TO 2024-25

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl No.   | 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   | Allocation under SDRF including Centre and State share   | Allocation under SDRF including Centre and State share   | Centre's Share of SDRF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF Released   | Centre's Share of SDRF Released   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   | Release from NDRF (For all calamities)   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.   | State             | 2020-21                                                  | 2021-22                                                  | 2022-23                                                  | 2023-24                                                  | 2024-25                                                  | 2020-21                           | 2021-22                           | 2022-23                           | 2023-24                           | 2024-25                           | 2020-21                                  | 2021-22                                  | 2022-23                                  | 2023-24                                  | 2024-25                                  |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh    | 1192.80                                                  | 1192.80 1252.80                                          | 1315.20                                                  | 1380.80                                                  |                                                          | 895.20                            | 895.20                            | 940.00                            | 987.20                            | 1036.00                           | 657.01                                   | 351.43                                   | --                                       | --                                       | 56.90                                    |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh | 222.40                                                   | 222.40                                                   | 233.60                                                   | 245.60                                                   | 256.80                                                   | 200.00                            | 200.00                            | 210.40                            | 220.80                            | 115.60                            | 59.34                                    | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 3.       | Assam             | 686.40                                                   | 686.40                                                   | 720.80                                                   | 756.80                                                   | 795.20                                                   | 617.60                            | 617.60                            | 648.80                            | 680.80                            | 716.00                            | 44.37                                    | --                                       | 250.00                                   | --                                       | 29.02                                    |
| 4.       | Bihar             | 1510.40                                                  | 1510.40                                                  | 1586.40                                                  | 1664.80                                                  | 1748.00                                                  | 1132.80                           | 1132.80                           | 1189.60                           | 1248.80                           | 1311.20                           | 1255.27                                  | 1038.96                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh      | 460.80                                                   | 460.80                                                   | 484.00                                                   | 508.00                                                   | 533.60                                                   | 345.60                            | 345.60                            | 181.60                            | 181.60#                           | 380.80#                           | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 33.24                                    |
| 6.       | Goa               | 12.00                                                    | 12.00                                                    | 12.80                                                    | 12.80                                                    | 13.60                                                    | 9.60                              | 9.60                              | 9.60                              | 9.60                              | 10.40                             | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 31.50                                    |
| 7.       | Gujarat           | 1412.00                                                  | 1412.00                                                  | 1482.40                                                  | 1556.80                                                  | 1635.20                                                  | 1059.20                           | 1059.20                           | 556.00                            | 1140.00#                          | 600.00#                           | --                                       | 1000.00                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 8.       | Haryana           | 524.00                                                   | 524.00                                                   | 550.40                                                   | 577.60                                                   | 606.40                                                   | 392.80                            | 392.80                            | 412.80                            | 433.60                            | 455.20                            | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh  | 363.20                                                   | 363.20                                                   | 380.80                                                   | 400.80                                                   | 420.00                                                   | 327.20                            | 327.20                            | 342.40                            | 360.80                            | 378.40                            | 2.90                                     | --                                       | 214.26                                   | 787.25                                   | 84.56                                    |
| 10.      | Jharkhand         | 605.60                                                   | 605.60                                                   | 635.20                                                   | 667.20                                                   | 701.60                                                   | 454.40                            | 454.40                            | --                                | 476.80#                           | 1027.20#                          | --                                       | 200.00                                   | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 11.      | Karnataka         | 843.20                                                   | 843.20                                                   | 885.60                                                   | 929.60                                                   | 976.00                                                   | 632.80                            | 632.80                            | 664.00                            | 697.60                            | 732.00                            | 689.27                                   | 1623.30                                  | 939.83                                   | --                                       | 3528.45                                  |
| 12.      | Kerala            | 335.20                                                   | 335.20                                                   | 352.00                                                   | 369.60                                                   | 388.00                                                   | 251.20                            | 251.20                            | 264.00                            | 277.60                            | 291.20                            | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh    | 1941.60                                                  | 1941.60                                                  | 2038.40                                                  | 2140.80                                                  | 2248.00                                                  | 1456.00                           | 1456.00                           | 1528.80                           | 1605.60                           | 1686.40                           | 1891.79                                  | 600.50                                   | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 14.      | Maharashtra       | 3436.80                                                  | 3436.80                                                  | 3608.80                                                  | 3788.80                                                  | 3978.40                                                  | 2577.60                           | 2577.60                           | 2706.40                           | 2841.60                           | 2984.00                           | 420.12                                   | 1056.39                                  | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       |
| 15.      | Manipur           | 37.60                                                    | 37.60                                                    | 39.20                                                    | 41.60                                                    | 44.00                                                    | 33.60                             | 33.60                             | 35.20                             | 18.80                             | 50.00                             | 26.53                                    | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 12.15                                    |
| 16.      | Meghalaya         | 58.40                                                    | 58.40                                                    | 60.80                                                    | 64.80                                                    | 67.20                                                    | 52.80                             | 52.80                             | 27.20                             | 27.20#                            | 59.60                             | 16.52                                    | --                                       | --                                       | --                                       | 11.98                                    |

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L.S.US.Q.NO. 1538 FOR 09.12.2025 ANNEXURE

| 17.                                                | Mizoram                                            | 41.60                                              | 41.60                                              | 43.20                                              | 46.40                                              | 48.00                                              |    37.60 |   37.60 |   39.20 | 41.60    | 43.20    | --      | --      | --      | --     | 18.36   |
|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|--------|---------|
| 18.                                                | Nagaland                                           | 36.80                                              | 36.80                                              | 38.40                                              | 40.80                                              | 42.40                                              |    32.8  |    32.8 |    34.4 | 36.80    | 38.40    | 1.34    | --      | 107.31  | --     | 181.81  |
| 19.                                                | Odisha                                             | 1711.20                                            | 1711.20                                            | 1796.80                                            | 1886.40                                            | 1980.80                                            |  1283.2  |  1283.2 |  1348   | 1415.20  | 1485.60  | 500.00  | 500.00  | --      | --     | 45.09   |
| 20.                                                | Punjab                                             | 528.00                                             | 528.00                                             | 554.40                                             | 582.40                                             | 611.20                                             |   474.43 |   396   |   416   | 436.80   | 458.40   | --      | --      | --      | --     | 29.60   |
| 21.                                                | Rajasthan                                          | 1580.00                                            | 1580.00                                            | 1659.20                                            | 1742.40                                            | 1828.80                                            |  1184.8  |  1184.8 |  1244.8 | 1307.20  | 1372.00  | 68.65   | --      | 13.46   | --     | --      |
| 22.                                                | Sikkim                                             | 44.80                                              | 44.80                                              | 47.20                                              | 49.60                                              | 52.00                                              |    40    |    40   |    42.4 | 44.80    | 47.20    | 73.86   | 55.23   | --      | 81.89  | 229.82  |
| 23.                                                | Tamil Nadu                                         | 1088.00                                            | 1088.00                                            | 1142.40                                            | 1200.00                                            | 1260.00                                            |   816    |   816   |   856.8 | 900.00   | 944.80   | 286.91  | 566.36  | --      | --     | 360.09  |
| 24.                                                | Telangana                                          | 479.20                                             | 479.20                                             | 503.20                                             | 528.00                                             | 555.20                                             |   359.2  |   359.2 |   188.8 | 584.80#  | 416.80   | --      | --      | --      | --     | 42.78   |
| 25.                                                | Tripura                                            | 60.80                                              | 60.80                                              | 63.20                                              | 67.20                                              | 70.40                                              |    54.4  |    54.4 |    56.8 | 60.80    | 71.60    | 12.93   | --      | --      | --     | 186.40  |
| 26.                                                | Uttar Pradesh                                      | 2062.40                                            | 2062.40                                            | 2165.60                                            | 2273.60                                            | 2388.00                                            |  1546.4  |  1546.4 |   812   | 1664.80# | 1748.40# | --      | --      | --      | --     | 172.95  |
| 27.                                                | Uttarakhand                                        | 832.80                                             | 832.80                                             | 874.40                                             | 918.40                                             | 964.00                                             |   749.6  |   749.6 |   787.2 | 826.40   | 434.00   | --      | --      | --      | --     | 21.30   |
| 28.                                                | West Bengal                                        | 1078.40                                            | 1078.40                                            | 1132.80                                            | 1189.60                                            | 1248.00                                            |   808.8  |   808.8 |   849.6 | 892.00   | 936.00   | 2250.28 | 350.13  | --      | --     | 84.77   |
| Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25565.60 26841.60 | 17825.6  | 17747.2 | 16392.8 | 19419.60 | 19830.40 | 8257.09 | 7342.30 | 1524.86 | 869.14 | 5160.77 |

#Including arrears of SDRF for the previous year.