As flood relief, Amit Shah approves advance release of ₹1,950 crore to Karnataka, Maharashtra

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved beforehand  merchandise  of Rs 1,950.80 crore arsenic  2nd  instalment of cardinal  stock  of State Disaster Response Fund. File

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved beforehand merchandise of Rs 1,950.80 crore arsenic 2nd instalment of cardinal stock of State Disaster Response Fund. File | Photo Credit: ANI

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved beforehand merchandise of ₹1,950.80 crore arsenic 2nd instalment of cardinal stock of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to Karnataka and Maharashtra governments for 2025-26.

Out of the full amount, ₹384.40 crore has been approved for Karnataka and ₹1,566.40 crore for Maharashtra to assistance the 2 states supply contiguous alleviation assistance to radical affected by highly dense rainfall and floods during the southwest monsoon this year, an authoritative connection said.

Under the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of the Home Minister, the cardinal authorities is afloat committed to supply each imaginable assistance to states affected by flood, landslides and cloudburst, the connection said.

This year, the Centre has already released ₹13,603.20 crore to 27 States nether the SDRF and ₹2,189.28 crore nether the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to 15 States.

In addition, Rs 4,571.30 crore has been released from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 21 States and ₹372.09 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to 9 states, the connection said.

The cardinal authorities has besides provided each logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Army and Air Force and supported each flood, landslides, and cloudburst-affected States.

During this year's monsoon, determination was maximum deployment of 199 teams of the the NDRF successful 30 States and UTs for rescue and alleviation operations.

Published - October 19, 2025 05:36 p.m. IST

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