Central assistance of Rs 1604.15 cr approved for disasters affected states

New Delhi: The Center on Thursday approved an additional central assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 1604.15 crore to 4 States of Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jharkhand and Rajasthan as drought relief assistance.

According to an official home ministry statement, Andhra Pradesh will get Rs 82.65 crore for damages caused by cyclonic storm "Phethai", Manipur will get Rs 42.46 crore for rehabilitation post floods and landslides, while Jharkhand and Rajasthan will get Rs 272.42 crore and Rs 1,206.62 crore respectively for drought relief.

The meeting was held here to consider the additional Central assistance to these four states, which were affected by floods, landslides and cyclone Phethai and drought (kharif) during 2018-19.

The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh and senior officers of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance, Agriculture and NITI Aayog were present on the occassion.