Centre releases disaster relief funds for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
The Hindu
Weeks after Tamil Nadu and Karnataka moved Supreme Court seeking relief funds for calamities such as Cyclone Michaung, floods and drought in 2023, the Centre orders release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards “relief assistance for natural calamity”
Weeks after the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka moved the Supreme Court seeking relief funds for calamities such as Cyclone Michaung, floods and drought in 2023, the Union government has ordered the release of ₹3,730.32 crore towards “relief assistance for natural calamity” from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
An order by the Finance Ministry said that the amount is being released to the State governments based on the recommendation of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on April 24.
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The MHA had approved an assistance of ₹3,498.82 crore for Karnataka in view of the drought faced by the State in 2023, however the net assistance to be released from the NDRF stood at ₹3,454.22 crore, the order said.
For the damage caused by Cyclone Michaung in December 2023 and the floods later in the month in southern Tamil Nadu, the MHA approved an assistance of ₹285.54 crore and ₹397.13 crore respectively. However the total funds disbursed under the NDRF stood at ₹115.49 crore and ₹160.61 crore.
On March 23, the Karnataka government had moved the Supreme Court against the Union government seeking release of drought relief funds as the latter had failed to do so despite an inter-Ministerial team submitting its report five months ago.
Similarly, the Tamil Nadu government moved the top court on April 3 seeking a direction to the Union government to release the funds.
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