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Centre allotted 11,092 crores to Indian states

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Union Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday approved the release of ₹11,092 crores under the State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) to all the States to take measures for containment of COVID-19 Pandemic.

The funds were allocated to the States on the recommendation of the 15th Finance Commission

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video-conference with Chief Ministers, “The Central Government has released in advance its share of the first installment of SDRMF for the year 2020-21, amounting to ₹11,092 crores, to augment funds available with the State governments,” a statement by the MHA said.

Under the release, Maharashtra which has reported the highest number of cases has been allocated ₹1611 crore. Kerala with the second-highest number of cases, however, been allocated ₹157 crore, lower than most States including Uttar Pradesh which gets ₹966 crore, Odisha ₹802 crore, Rajasthan ₹740 crore, Bihar ₹708 crore, Gujarat ₹662 crores and Madhya Pradesh ₹910 crore.

Andhra Pradesh has been allocated ₹555 crore, Tamil Nadu ₹510 crore, West Bengal ₹505 crore, Uttarakhand ₹468 crore, Assam ₹386 crore, Chattisgarh ₹216 crore, Haryana ₹245 crore, Himachal Pradesh ₹204 crore, Jharkhand ₹284 crore, Karnataka ₹395 crore, Punjab ₹247 crore, Telengana ₹224 crore, Arunachal Pradesh ₹125 crore, Manipur ₹21 crore, Meghalaya ₹33 crore, Mizoram ₹23 crore, Nagaland ₹20 crore, Tripura ₹34 crore.

The SDRF is the primary fund available with State Governments for responses to notified disasters to meet expenditure for providing immediate relief to the victims. Centre contributes 75% of SDRF allocation for general category States and Union Territories and 90% for special category States (North East States, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir).