Mokokchung, October 17 (MTNews): For undertaking relief measures in the wake of floods and landslides during the monsoon season of 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved an amount of Rs. 17.20 crore as the 2nd installment of the center’s share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to be released in advance to Nagaland, for 2022-23.
The government is known to provide help to States and Union Territories affected by natural calamities in an expeditious manner.
It may be noted that during the current financial year, the central government has already released an amount of Rs. 8,764.00 crore as the 1st installment of the center’s share of SDRF to 24 states including Nagaland.
A further amount of Rs. 827.60 crores, the second tranche of the Central share, has also been released, in advance, to three more states due to the devastating floods and landslides in several states.