Lok Sabha Question No. 1832 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Drought Assistance
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SULTAN  AHMED, BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, ABHISHEK SINGH, DHARMENDRA YADAV, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1832

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  8 TH  MARCH, 2016

## DROUGHT ASSISTANCE

## 1832.  DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJI RAO:

SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently approved Rs. 4,000/- crore from National Disaster Relief Fund to various States;
- (b) if so, the details of assistance demanded by States and given so far by the Union Government;
- (c) whether  some  State  Governments  have  demanded  additional  assistance  from NDRF  from  the  Union  Government  and  if  so,  the  amount  released  by  the  Union Government so far;
- (d) whether  the  Central  team  has  visited  several  drought  affected  States  in  the recent past;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  details  of  the  report  and  the  financial  assistance  released  by  the  Union Government so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं किसान िल्याण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) to (f): During  the  year  2015-16,  Karnataka  (both  for  Kharif  and  Rabi),  Chhattisgarh, Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha,  Telengana,  Uttar  Pradesh,    Andhra  Pradesh, Jharkhand  and  Rajasthan,  had  submitted    Memoranda  seeking  financial  assistance  from National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) in the wake of drought. On receipt of such memoranda, Government  of  India  constituted  Inter-Ministerial  Central  Teams(IMCTs)  to  visit  the  drought affected  areas  of  these  States  for  an  assessment  of  the  requirement  for  the  quantum  of financial assistance. Sub-Committee of National Executive Committees (SC-NECs) considered the IMCT Reports and referred recommendations for consideration of High Level Committee(HLC) under Ministry of Home Affairs. The State-wise details regarding the amounts demanded from the NDRF by the State Governments, recommendation of IMCTs, SC-NECs, amounts approved by HLCs and amount released by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance are at Annexure. After approval of quantum of financial assistance by the Govt. of India,  Odisha  and  Madhya  Pradesh  submitted  revised  demand  requesting  for  release  of Rs.2344.99 crore (as against earlier demand of Rs. 2217.08 crore) and Rs.5114.53 crore (as against earlier demand of Rs.4821.64 crore) respectively from NDRF.

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Annexure

## Details of Central Financial Assistance sought from NDRF and financial assistance approved/release for Drought  2015-16

|   S. No. | State          | Assistance sought from NDRF by the State   | Period of visit of IMCT                   |   Assistance recommen ded by IMCT |   Assistance recommende d by SC-NEC |   Assistance approved by HLC subject to adjustment | Net assistance recommended MHA for release adjustment   | (Rs. in crore ) Assistance released by Department of Expenditure   |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Karnataka      | 3830.84 1416.93 (Rabi)                     | 9 th - 11 th Sept,15 23 rd -26 th Feb, 16 |                           2176.22 |                             1540.2  |                                            1540.2  | 1540.20                                                 | 1540.20                                                            |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh   | 6093.79                                    | 29 th - 31 st Oct, 15                     |                           1387.29 |                             1276.25 |                                            1276.25 | 835.695                                                 | 208.92#                                                            |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh | 4821.64                                    | 8 th - 10 th Nov, 15                      |                           2841.23 |                             2032.68 |                                            2032.68 | 1875.80                                                 | 148.18#                                                            |
|        4 | Maharashtra    | 4002.82                                    | 19 th - 22 nd Nov, 15                     |                           3098.79 |                             3049.36 |                                            3049.36 | 2548.73                                                 | 637.18#                                                            |
|        5 | Odisha         | 2217.08                                    | 2 nd - 5 th Dec, 15                       |                           1080.02 |                             1013.65 |                                             815    | 600.52                                                  | 47.44#                                                             |
|        6 | Telangana      | 2601.17                                    | 7 th - 9 th Dec, 15                       |                           1745.53 |                             1348.4  |                                             791.21 | 712.62                                                  | 56.30#                                                             |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh  | 2057.79                                    | 30 th Nov to 3 rd Dec, 15                 |                           1464.17 |                             1463.31 |                                            1304.52 | 934.32                                                  | 73.81#                                                             |
|        8 | Andhra Pradesh | 2000.56                                    | 8 th - 12 th Dec, 15                      |                            439.98 |                              434.25 |                                             433.77 | **                                                      | 34.27#                                                             |
|        9 | Jharkhand      | 2142.78                                    | 18 th - 20 th Dec, 15                     |                            336.94 |                              336.94 |                                             336.94 | **                                                      | -                                                                  |
|       10 | Rajasthan      | 10537.02                                   | 23 rd - 24 th Dec,15                      |                           1951.84 |                             1951.84 |                                            1193.41 | **                                                      | -                                                                  |

IMCT :

Inter-Ministerial Central Team

SC-NEC

:Sub-Committee of National Executive Committee

HLC :

High Level Committee