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Cyclone Fengal relief
December 11 , 2024
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- 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”.
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