The Union government has approved advance release of Rs 20 crore to Nagaland as the second installment of the Central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for the financial year 2025-26.
The amount was approved by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The fund aims to help the state provide immediate relief to people affected by heavy rainfall, flash floods, and landslides during this year’s southwest monsoon.
In a statement, Home Ministry said that Central Government is “standing shoulder to shoulder with the State Governments during natural calamities and disasters and providing them all necessary support.”
The Ministry added that, during the ongoing financial year, the Central Government has already released Rs 15,554 crore to 27 states under the SDRF and Rs 2,267.44 crore to 15 states under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). In addition, Rs 4,571.30 crore have been disbursed from the State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 21 states, and Rs 372.09 crore from the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF) to nine states.
The Ministry further stated that Central Government has also provided all logistic assistance, including deployment of requisite NDRF teams, Army teams and Air Force support to all the flood, landslides, cloudburst-affected States. During this year’s monsoon, there was maximum deployment of 199 teams of NDRF in the 30 States/UTs for rescue and relief operations.