Lok Sabha Question No. 1563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-09
Subject: Special Disaster Management Policy for Hill States
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1563

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

SPECIAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR HILL STATES

1563. SMT. PRIYANKA GANDHI VADRA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  a  special  disaster management policy for hill states like Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and hilly regions like Wayanad and Darjeeling, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken mitigation measures to address the growing intensity and frequency of natural disaster in hill States and hilly regions;
- (c)  the  details  of  Post  Disaster  Needs  Assessment  conducted  in  States affected by Disasters of Severe Nature, including Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand;
- (d)  the  details  of  funds  released  by  the  Centre  to  states  affected  by Disasters of Severe Nature since 2020, State-wise; and
- (e)  whether the Government has received requests from States affected by  Disasters  of  Severe  Nature  for  additional  funds,  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):  The  Government  has  framed  a  National  Policy  on  Disaster Management (NPDM) in the year 2009 to build a safe and disaster-resilient India  by   developing  a  holistic,   practical,   multi-disaster  oriented  and

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1563 FOR 09.12.2025

technology  driven  strategy  through  a  culture  of  prevention,  mitigation, preparedness and response. This  is  a  pan-India  policy  and  includes  the hilly States and hilly regions also.

The NPDM  covers all elements of disaster management  including prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery. To achieve the aforesaid objectives, a legal and  institutional  framework  have  already  been  created  at  the  Central, State and District levels through the Disaster Management Act, 2005, as amended in March 2025.

Also, Hon'ble Prime Minister launched the country's first National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) in June 2016. The plan had been revised and updated  in  the  year  2019  in  consultation  with  all  stakeholders.  The revised NDMP brings together all sectors, ministries and departments at the  Central  and  State  level  as  well  as  district  level  functionaries  and defines their respective roles and responsibilities in disaster risk reduction.

Further, as per the NPDM,  the primary responsibility for disaster management including the disbursal of relief to the affected people and taking  mitigation  measures  at  the  ground  level,  rests  with  the  State Governments  concerned.  The  Central  Government  supports  the  State Governments  by  providing  financial and logistics support. State Disaster

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Management  Authorities  (SDMAs)  and  State  Disaster  Response  Forces (SDRFs)  of  hilly  States  are  pro-actively  supported  by  National  Disaster Management  Authority  (NDMA)  and  National  Disaster  Response  Force (NDRF) for augmenting their disaster management capacity.

However,  the  Government  has  approved  following  mitigation  projects from  National  Disaster  Mitigation  Fund  (NDMF)  for  implementation  in various  States  including  the  hilly  States  and  hilly  regions  to  strengthen their disaster management system:

|   S. No. | Name of the Project                     | Financial outlay   | Objectives                                                                                                           | States/ Area covered                                                                                                                              |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Programme For Landslide Risk Mitigation | Rs. 1000 Crore     | to reduce the mortality and economic losses, by reducing vulnerability of communities and their assets to landslides | 10 North-Eastern & Himalayan (NEH) States as well as 5 landslide prone States, namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal. |

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|   2. | Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Mitigation Programme   | Rs. 150 Crore   | to adopt various structural and non-structural mitigation measures to minimize the risk of GLOF   | 4 Himalayan States, viz, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    3 | Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management                         | Rs. 819 crores  | for forest fire risk management                                                                   | 144 forest fire prone districts of 19 States (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttarakhand) |

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(c): The details of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) conducted in  the  States  including  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Uttarakhand  affected  by disasters of severe nature is at Annexure-I.

(d):  The  details  of  funds  released  by  the  Central  Government  from National  Disaster  Response  Fund  (NDRF)  to  the  States  affected  by disasters of severe nature since 2020 is at Annexure-II.

(e):  During  2025-26,  the  Central  Government  has  constituted/  deputed Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to 11 States/ UTs namely, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Telangana,  Maharashtra,  Nagaland , Gujarat,  Karnataka  and  Jammu  & Kashmir  for  assessing  the  damage  caused  by  disaster  in  the  States. Based on the IMCT report, further action is taken for release of funds from NDRF as per the established procedure.

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## Annexure-I

## Details of the PDNA conducted in the States

(Amount in Crore)

|   S. No. | State            | Calamity                          |   Amount Approved High-Level Committee (HLC) |   by Central share of the approved amount |   Amount released from Recovery and Reconstruction window of NDRF (as on date) |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Himachal Pradesh | Landslide and Flood 2023          |                                      2006.4  |                                   1504.8  |                                                                         451.44 |
|        2 | Uttarakhand      | Joshimath Land Subsidence 2022-23 |                                      1658.17 |                                   1079.96 |                                                                         291.15 |
|        3 | Assam            | Flood 2022                        |                                      1270.78 |                                   1016.63 |                                                                         304.99 |
|        4 | Kerala           | Wayanad Landslide 2024            |                                       260.56 |                                    260.56 |                                                                          78.17 |
|        5 | Sikkim           | GLOF 2023                         |                                       555.7  |                                    253.84 |                                                                          76.15 |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1563 FOR 09.12.2025 Annexure-II

Details of calamity-wise funds approved and released by Government of India to States from NDRF during 2020-21 to 2024-25.

(Rs. In Crore)

| S. No.   | State                        | Calamity                     | Amount approved by HLC   | Amount released from NDRF   |
|----------|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 2020-21  | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                      | 2020-21                  | 2020-21                     |
| 1.       | Odisha Cyclone Amphan        |                              | 128.23                   | 500.00                      |
| 2.       | Odisha                       | Flood                        | 320.94                   | (on account basis advance)  |
| 3.       | West Bengal                  | Cyclone Amphan               | 2707.77                  | 2250.28                     |
| 4.       | Maharashtra                  | Cyclone Nisarga              | 268.59                   | 268.59                      |
| 5.       | Karnataka                    | Flood/Landslide              | 577.84                   | 577.84                      |
| 6.       | Madhya                       | Flood                        | 611.61                   | 611.61                      |
| 7.       | Sikkim                       | Flood/Landslide              | 87.84                    | 73.86                       |
| 8.       | Assam                        | Flood/Landslide              | 437.15                   | 44.37                       |
| 9.       | Arunachal Pradesh            | Flood/Landslide              | 75.86                    | 59.34                       |
| 10.      | Telangana                    | Flood                        | 245.96                   | 0.00                        |
| 11.      | Uttar Pradesh                | Flood                        | 386.06                   | 0.00                        |
| 12.      | Andhra Pradesh               | Flood                        | 280.78                   | 233.49                      |
| 13.      | Bihar                        | Flood                        | 1255.27                  | 1255.27                     |
| 14.      | Tamil Nadu                   | Cyclone Nivar                | 63.14                    | 63.14                       |
| 15.      | Tamil Nadu                   | Cyclone Burevi               | 223.77                   | 223.77                      |
| 16.      | Tamil Nadu                   | Flood                        | 213.51                   | 213.51                      |
| 17.      | Andhra Pradesh Cyclone Nivar | Andhra Pradesh Cyclone Nivar | 423.58                   | 423.58                      |

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## Annexure-II

| 18.     | Himachal Pradesh     | Flood/ Landslide/ Cloudburst   | 121.17   | 0.00                           |
|---------|----------------------|--------------------------------|----------|--------------------------------|
| 19.     | Karnataka Flood      |                                | 740.46   | 740.46                         |
| 20.     | Maharashtra          | Flood                          | 151.53   | 151.53                         |
| 21.     | Maharashtra          | Flood                          | 701.00   | 701.00                         |
| 2021-22 | 2021-22              | 2021-22                        | 2021-22  | 2021-22                        |
| 1.      | Goa                  | Cyclone Tauktae                | 0.00     | 0.00                           |
| 2.      | Gujarat              | Cyclone Tauktae                | 1133.35  | 1000.00 account basis advance) |
| 3.      | Karnataka            | Flood/Landslide                | 504.06   | 504.06                         |
| 4.      | Madhya Pradesh       | Flood                          | 600.50   | 600.50                         |
| 5.      | Assam                | Flood/Landslide                | 51.53    | 0.00                           |
| 6.      | Uttarakhand          | Flood/Landslide                | 187.18   | 0.00                           |
| 7.      | West Bengal          | Cyclone Yass                   | 586.59   | 350.13                         |
| 8.      | West Bengal          | Flood/Landslide                | 475.04   |                                |
| 9.      | Tamil Nadu           | Flood                          | 352.85   | 352.85                         |
| 10.     | Himachal Pradesh     | Flood/Landslide/ Cloudburst    | 112.19   | 0.00                           |
| 11.     | Maharashtra          | Flood/Landslide                | 355.39   | 355.39                         |
| 12.     | Andhra Pradesh Flood | Andhra Pradesh Flood           | 351.43   | 351.43                         |
| 13.     | Karnataka            | Flood/Landslide                | 492.39   | 492.39                         |
| 14.     | Bihar                | Flood                          | 1038.96  | 1038.96                        |
| 15.     | Rajasthan            | Flood                          | 292.51   | 13.46                          |
| 16.     | Sikkim               | Flood/ Landslide               | 59.35    | 55.23                          |

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1563 FOR 09.12.2025 Annexure-II

| 17.     | Odisha           | Cyclone Yaas                  | -       | 500.00 (on account basis advance)   |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------|
| 2022-23 | 2022-23          | 2022-23                       | 2022-23 | 2022-23                             |
| 1.      | Assam            | Flood/Landslide               | 520.47  | 160.94                              |
| 2.      | Gujarat          | Flood                         | 82.53   | 0.00                                |
| 3.      | Karnataka        | Flood/Landslide               | 941.04  | 939.83                              |
| 4.      | Meghalaya        | Flash Flood/ Flood/ Landslide | 47.33   | 0.00                                |
| 5.      | Nagaland         | Flash Flood/Flood/ Landslide  | 68.02   | 68.02                               |
| 6.      | Himachal Pradesh | Flood, Landslide & Cloudburst | 239.31  | 214.26                              |
| 7.      | Andhra Pradesh   | Flood                         | 142.92  | 0.00                                |
| 8.      | Maharashtra      | Flood/Landslide               | 577.50  | 0.00                                |
| 9.      | Sikkim           | Flood                         | 47.43   | 46.89                               |
| 2023-24 | 2023-24          | 2023-24                       | 2023-24 | 2023-24                             |
| 1.      | Gujarat          | Cyclone Biparjoy              | 338.24  | 0.00                                |
| 2.      | Himachal Pradesh | Flood, Cloudburst, Landslide  | 633.73  | 597.98                              |
| 3.      | Andhra Pradesh   | Cyclone Michaung              | 366.42  | 0.00                                |
| 4.      | Assam            | Flood, Landslide              | 73.98   | 0.00                                |
| 5.      | Sikkim           | Flood, Flash Flood, Landslide | 245.47  | 240.45                              |

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## Annexure-II

| 6.      | Tamil Nadu       | Cyclone Michaung                | 285.54   | 276.10   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------------------|----------|----------|
| 7.      | Tamil Nadu Flood | 397.13                          |          |          |
| 2024-25 | 2024-25          | 2024-25                         | 2024-25  | 2024-25  |
| 01      | Bihar            | Flood                           | 588.73   | 0        |
| 02      | Tamil Nadu       | Cyclone 'Fengal'                | 522.34   | 522.34   |
| 03      | Andhra Pradesh   | Flood                           | 608.08   | 0.00     |
| 04      | Kerala           | Landslide                       | 153.47   | 0.00     |
| 05      | Tripura          | Flash Flood, Landslide          | 288.93   | 174.97   |
| 06      | Nagaland         | Flash Flood, Flood, Landslide   | 170.99   | 0.00     |
| 07      | Odisha           | Cyclone 'Dana'                  | 255.24   | 0.00     |
| 08      | Mizoram          | Cyclone 'Remal'                 | 64.14    | 7.56     |
| 09      | Telangana        | Flood                           | 231.75   | 0.00     |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh | Flash Flood, Flood, Cloud Burst | 136.22   | 107.15   |

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