Lok Sabha Question No. 158 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Flood Relief
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, CHHEDI PASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*158 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 18, 1937 (SAKA)

FLOOD RELIEF

*158. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA: SHRI CHHEDI PASWAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  certain  parts  of  the  country  have  been  affected  by  natural calamities  including  heavy  rains and floods  in  the recent past,  if so,  the details  of  loss  of  lives  and  damage  to  property  and  crops  in  this  regard along with the amount of relief provided by the Government, State-wise;

(b) the details of assistance/compensation for loss of crops sought by the States in this regard and the action taken by the Government thereon;

(c) whether the Government has sanctioned an additional Rs. 1000 crore relief to  take up rescue and relief operations in Chennai and Tamil Nadu recently and if so, the details thereof;

(d)  the  efforts  made  by  the  National  Disaster  Response  Force  (NDRF) teams  for  rescue  and  relief  operations  along  with  the  number  of  people rescued, boats mobilised, relief centres opened etc.; and

(e) the status of relief and rehabilitation works in the affected areas?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*158 FOR 08.03.2016.

(a)  &  (b):          Various  parts  of  the  country  have  been  affected  by  natural calamities including heavy rains and floods in the recent past. The details of the losses due to natural calamities during the year 2015-16 as reported by the State Governments/ Union Territories is at Annexure-I.

The state-wise details of compensation/ assistance, as projected/ sought in their memoranda submitted to this Ministry towards crop loss in the wake of cyclonic storm/ flash flood/ flood/ landslides etc. during 2015-16 is given in Annexure-II.

The  primary  responsibility  for  disaster  management  rests  with  the States.  The concerned State Governments undertake relief operations in the  wake  of  natural  disasters  from  the  State  Disaster  Response  Fund (SDRF)  already  placed  at  their  disposal  in  accordance  with  the  GOI approved items & norms of assistance. The Government of India supplements  their  efforts by providing  assistance  from  the  National Disaster  Response  Fund (NDRF)  by  following  the  laid  down  procedure.

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## L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

Financial assistance under SDRF/ NDRF in the wake of natural disasters is by  way  of  relief  and  not  for  compensation  of  loss  as  suffered/  claimed. The  status  of  the  relief  and  rehabilitation  measures  taken  by  the  State Government is not maintained Centrally.

The  State  -  wise  details  of  allocation  and  releases  from  SDRF  and NDRF during the current year is given in Annexure-III.

(c): In order to support the relief measures undertaken for the people of Tamil Nadu, affected in the recent flood in 2015, the Government of India had released an amount of Rs. 1000 crore, 'on account' basis from NDRF to the  State  Government.  An  overall  amount  Rs.  2195.45  Crore  has  been released to the State to deal with the calamity so far.

(d) & (e): 48  Teams  of  National  Disaster  Response  Force  (NDRF)  along with  194  boats  and  other  necessary  rescue  equipment  were  deployed  in Tamil  Nadu  during floods of November-December, 2015.  During the period …4/

## L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

the  NDRF  Teams  rescued  22450  persons,  30  live  stock  and  retrieved  13 dead bodies.  NDRF  Teams also assisted the State Government in establishment of relief Camps in various localities and organized medical camps to contain epidemics in the flood-hit areas.

The  primary  responsibility  to  undertake  relief  and  rehabilitation operations in the wake of natural disasters for the people who are affected by the natural calamities rests with the concerned State Government. The Government  of  India  assists  the  State  Government  by  way  of  logistics support for immediate rescue, relief and restoration activities. The Status of the relief and rehabilitation measures taken by the State government is not maintained Centrally.

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## PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE-I L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

Statement  showing  State-wise  details  of  damage  due  to  Cyclonic storm/  flash  floods/  floods  /  landslides/  cloudburst/  earthquake  etc. during 2015-16

## (Provisional)  As on 15.02.2016

| S/ No.   | State/UT            | No. of human lives lost   | No. of cattle heads lost   | No. of houses damaged   | Cropped area affected (lakh hectares)   |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2 3                 |                           | 4                          | 5                       | 6                                       |
| 1        | Andhra Pr.          | 88                        | 3669                       | 32836                   | 2.17                                    |
| 2        | Arunachal Pr.       | 20                        | 1,237                      | 550                     | 0.14                                    |
| 3        | Assam               | 66                        | 2482                       | 61434                   | 2.86                                    |
| 4        | Bihar               | 158                       | 51                         | 130,576                 | 8.08                                    |
| 5        | Gujarat             | 156                       | 19388                      | 62006                   | 2.59                                    |
| 6        | Himachal Pr.        | 133                       | 686                        | 3,406                   | 0.13                                    |
| 7        | J & K               | 21                        | 97                         | 1,989                   | --                                      |
| 8        | Kerala              | 67                        | 4                          | 6,431                   | --                                      |
| 9        | Maharashtra         | 2                         | --                         | --                      | --                                      |
| 10       | Manipur             | 26                        | 29                         | 11,849                  | 0.39                                    |
| 11       | Meghalaya           | 5                         | --                         | 4                       | --                                      |
| 12       | Nagaland            | 5                         | --                         | 180                     | 0.04                                    |
| 13       | Odisha              | 5                         | --                         | 839                     | --                                      |
| 14       | Punjab              | 11                        | 14                         | 126                     | --                                      |
| 15       | Rajasthan           | 40                        | --                         | 17                      | --                                      |
| 16       | Sikkim              | 1                         | 1                          | 2,012                   | --                                      |
| 17       | Tamil Nadu          | 470                       | 12030                      | 475762                  | 3.83                                    |
| 18       | Tripura             | 1                         | --                         | 11,179                  | --                                      |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh       | 40                        | 15                         | 14                      | --                                      |
| 20       | Uttarakhand         | 31                        | 177                        | 410                     | --                                      |
| 21       | West Bengal         | 193                       | 23,120                     | 8,22,978                | 13.02                                   |
| 22       |                     | 2                         | 1035                       | 4327                    | --                                      |
|          | Pondicherry Total:- | 1541                      | 64035                      | 1628925                 | 33.25                                   |

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## PAGE 1 OF 2 OF ANNEXURE-II

## L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

Statement showing State-wise details  of compensation/ assistance, as  projected/  sought  in  their  memoranda  submitted  to  this  Ministry towards crop loss in the wake of Cyclonic storm/ flash floods/ floods / landslides/ cloudburst etc. during 2015-16

(Rs. in crore)

|   S/ No. | State/UT         |   Compensation / assistance projected by the State towards crop loss |
|----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2                |                                                                 3    |
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                               234.24 |
|        2 | Assam            |                                                               284.82 |
|        3 | Bihar            |                                                               143.89 |
|        4 | Gujarat          |                                                               625.95 |
|        5 | Himachal Pradesh |                                                               120.18 |
|        6 | Manipur          |                                                                28.29 |
|        7 | Nagaland         |                                                                 2    |
|        8 | Tamil Nadu       |                                                               451.15 |
|        9 | West Bengal      |                                                              1441.93 |

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## L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

Statement  showing  State-wise  details  of  compensation/  assistance,  as projected/  sought  in  their  memoranda  submitted  to  the  Ministry  of Agriculture  towards  crop  loss  in  the  wake  of  hailstorm/  drought  during 2015-16

(Rs. in crore)

| S/ No.   | State/UT                    | Compensation / assistance projected by the State towards crop loss   |
|----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2                           | 3                                                                    |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh              |                                                                      |
|          | i) Hailstorm-               | 300.10                                                               |
|          | ii) Drought                 | 394.77                                                               |
| 2        | Bihar- hailstorm            | 2040.80                                                              |
| 3        | Chhattisgarh- drought       | 1740.85                                                              |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh- Hailstorm | 142.83                                                               |
| 5        | Haryana - Hailstorm         | 1292.20                                                              |
| 6        | Jharkhand - drought         | 575.79                                                               |
| 7        | Karnataka                   |                                                                      |
|          | i) Hailstorm -              | 148.77                                                               |
|          | ii) Drought                 | 2278.17                                                              |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh - drought    | 2992.34                                                              |
| 9        | Maharashtra - drought       | 3578.43                                                              |
| 10       | Odisha - drought            | 945.80                                                               |
| 11       | Rajasthan -                 |                                                                      |
|          | i) Hailstorm                | 6578.00                                                              |
|          | ii) Drought                 | 2602.54                                                              |
| 12       | Telangana-                  |                                                                      |
|          | i) Hailstorm                | 116.14                                                               |
|          | ii) Drought                 | 872.66                                                               |
| 13       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                                                      |
|          | i) Hailstorm                | 7538.94                                                              |
|          | ii) Drought                 | 1452.17                                                              |

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## PAGE 1 OF 1 OF ANNEXURE-III L.S.S.Q.NO.*158 FOR 8.3.2016

## Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and releases of SDRF and NDRF during 2015-16

## As on 23.02.2016

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No .   | Name of the State   | Allocation of SDRF   | Allocation of SDRF   | Allocation of SDRF   | Releases from SDRF   | Releases from SDRF   | Releases from   |
|------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
| Sl. No .   | Name of the State   | Central Share        | State Share          | Total                | 1 st Instalment      | 2 nd Instalment      | NDRF            |
| 1          | 2                   | 3                    | 4                    | 5                    | 6                    | 7                    | 8               |
| 1.         | Andhra Pradesh      | 330.00               | 110.00               | 440.00               | 165.00               | 165.00               | 215.90          |
| 2.         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 46.80                | 5.20                 | 52.00                | 23.40                | 23.40                | --              |
| 3.         | Assam               | 414.00               | 46.00                | 460.00               | 207.00               | 207.00               | --              |
| 4.         | Bihar               | 351.75               | 117.25               | 469.00               | 175.87               | 175.87               | --              |
| 5.         | Chhattisgarh        | 180.75               | 60.25                | 241.00               | 90.375               | 159.35 @             | 208.92          |
| 6.         | Goa                 | 3.00                 | 1.00                 | 4.00                 | 1.50                 | 1.50                 | --              |
| 7.         | Gujarat             | 528.75               | 176.25               | 705.00               | 264.375              | 264.375              | --              |
| 8.         | Haryana             | 231.00               | 77.00                | 308.00               | 115.50               | 87.93 @              | --              |
| 9.         | Himachal Pradesh    | 212.40               | 23.60                | 236.00               | 106.20               | 106.20               | 82.215          |
| 10.        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 229.50               | 25.50                | 255.00               | 114.50               | --                   | --              |
| 11.        | Jharkhand           | 273.00               | 91.00                | 364.00               | 136.50               | 136.50               | --              |
| 12.        | Karnataka           | 207.00               | 69.00                | 276.00               | 103.50               | 103.50               | 1645.53         |
| 13.        | Kerala              | 138.75               | 46.25                | 185.00               | 69.375               | --                   | --              |
| 14.        | Madhya Pradesh      | 657.75               | 219.25               | 877.00               | 328.875              | 328.875              | 148.18          |
| 15.        | Maharashtra         | 1112.25              | 370.75               | 1483.00              | 556.125              | 556.125              | 637.18          |
| 16.        | Manipur             | 17.10                | 1.90                 | 19.00                | 8.55                 | 12.50 @              | 9.68            |
| 17.        | Meghalaya           | 21.60                | 2.40                 | 24.00                | 10.80                | 10.80                | --              |
| 18.        | Mizoram             | 15.30                | 1.70                 | 17.00                | 7.65                 | 7.65                 | --              |
| 19.        | Nagaland            | 9.00                 | 1.00                 | 10.00                | 4.50                 | 4.50                 | --              |
| 20.        | Odisha              | 560.25               | 186.75               | 747.00               | 280.125              | 280.125              | 147.40          |
| 21.        | Punjab              | 292.50               | 97.50                | 390.00               | 146.25               | --                   | --              |
| 22.        | Rajasthan           | 827.25               | 275.75               | 1103.00              | 413.50               | 413.75               | 1378.13         |
| 23.        | Sikkim              | 27.90                | 3.10                 | 31.00                | 13.95                | 13.95                | --              |
| 24.        | Tamil Nadu          | 509.25               | 169.75               | 679.00               | 254.625              | 388.42 @             | 1000.00 $       |
| 25.        | Telangana           | 205.50               | 68.50                | 274.00               | 102.75               | 102.75               | 140.04          |
| 26.        | Tripura             | 27.90                | 3.10                 | 31.00                | 13.95                | 13.95                | --              |
| 27.        | Uttar Pradesh       | 506.25               | 168.75               | 675.00               | 253.125              | 253.125              | 2875.40         |
| 28.        | Uttarakhand         | 189.00               | 21.00                | 210.00               | 94.50                | 158.86 @             | --              |
| 29.        | West Bengal         | 387.00               | 129.00               | 516.00               | 193.50               | 193.50               | 183.89          |
|            | Total: -            | 8512.50              | 2568.50              | 11081.00             | 4255.87              | 4169.51              | 8672.47         |