New Delhi:
A Excessive-Degree Committee (HLC), chaired by Union House Minister Amit Shah, has authorized Rs 3,027.86 crore for catastrophe mitigation tasks throughout numerous states.
The committee, which incorporates Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog as members, reviewed proposals for mitigation tasks associated to lightning security in 50 lightning-prone districts throughout 10 states, in addition to catalytic help for 49 drought-prone districts in 12 states, all to be funded from the Nationwide Catastrophe Mitigation Fund (NDMF), based on an official assertion.
The committee authorized a venture for catalytic help to the 12 most drought-prone states at a complete price of Rs 2,022.16 crore, with the central share being Rs 1,200 crore.
The 12 states are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
Moreover, the committee authorized a mitigation venture targeted on lightning security in 10 states, with a complete outlay of Rs 186.78 crore. The states coated are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The committee additionally authorized a scheme for forest hearth threat administration, concentrating on 144 high-priority districts throughout 19 states, with a complete outlay of Rs 818.92 crore.
The central share from the NDMF and NDRF will likely be Rs 690.63 crore. The primary purpose of this scheme is to rework forest hearth administration in India by strengthening and supporting important forest hearth prevention and mitigation actions.
The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttarakhand will submit proposals to undertake actions associated to forest hearth mitigation, preparedness for forest hearth response, and post-fire evaluation and restoration.
To satisfy Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of a disaster-resilient India, the Ministry of House Affairs, underneath the steerage of the House Minister, has carried out a number of initiatives geared toward enhancing catastrophe administration within the nation, the assertion mentioned.
The Modi authorities has taken a number of steps to minimise the lack of life and property throughout disasters by strengthening the catastrophe threat discount system in India.
Prior to those proposals, the HLC had authorized monetary help from the NDMF for different tasks, together with city flood threat mitigation in seven main cities with a complete outlay of Rs 3,075.65 crore, GLOF threat administration in 4 states with a complete outlay of Rs 150 crore, and landslide threat mitigation in 15 states with a complete outlay of Rs 1,000 crore.
Moreover, over Rs 24,981 crore has already been launched to states in the course of the present monetary yr. This consists of Rs 17,479.60 crore from the State Catastrophe Response Fund (SDRF) to 27 states, Rs 4,808.30 crore from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Fund (NDRF) to 18 states, Rs 1,973.55 crore from the State Catastrophe Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 13 states, and Rs 719.72 crore from the Nationwide Catastrophe Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to eight states, the assertion added.
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