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Cyclone Fengal relief

December 11 , 2024 657 days 1137 0

The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the release of ₹944.80 crore to Tamil Nadu from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for providing relief to the people affected by Cyclone Fengal.
The SDRF is the main fund available with the State governments for their response to notified disasters.
The Centre contributes 75% of the SDRF allocation for the general category States and Union Territories.
But Centre’s contributions are 90% for the special category States/Union Territories (Northeastern States, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir).
According to the Section 46 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the “NDRF supplements the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in case of a disaster of severe nature, provided adequate funds are not available in the SDRF”.