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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2757
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4TH AUGUST, 2026/ SHRAVANA 13, 1948 (SAKA)
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS
†2757. SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has reviewed the loss of lives and property
caused by heavy rainfall, cloudbursts, landslides, and flash floods in hilly
states, especially Himachal Pradesh, during the last three years and if so,
the State-wise and district-wise including of Himachal Pradesh during the
last three years;
(b) the number of persons killed, missing and injured, damaged houses,
roads, bridges, agriculture, horticulture and public infrastructure along with
the estimated economic loss during the said period;
(c) the details of the financial assistance sanctioned and released by the
Central Government, State-wise and the assistance received by Himachal
Pradesh during the said period;
(d) whether the Government has formulated any special action plan or a new
scheme for hilly states towards strengthening disaster risk reduction, early
warning systems, monitoring of landslides and cloudbursts, river
management and climate-resilient infrastructure and if so, the details
thereof; and
(e) the concrete steps taken or proposed to be taken for the prevention and
mitigation of the impact of such disasters in Himachal Pradesh in the future?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI NITYANAND RAI)
(a) to (c): As per the National Policy on Disaster Management (NPDM), the
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assistance on ground level, rests with the State Governments concerned.
The State Governments undertake relief measures in the wake of natural
calamities, from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) already placed at
their disposal as well as other available resources, in accordance with
Government of India approved items and norms. The Central Government
supplements the efforts of the State Governments and provides requisite
logistics and financial support. In the case of disaster of a 'severe nature',
additional financial assistance is provided from the National Disaster
Response Fund (NDRF) on the basis of the recommendations of the Inter-
Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), in accordance with the prescribed
procedure.
This Ministry does not centrally maintain data regarding the loss of lives and
property due to any disaster in the country. However, the details of damages
reported by State Governments/ UTs due to various hydro-meteorological
disasters in the country including Himachal Pradesh during last three years
i.e. 2023-24 to 2025-26 are as per Annexure-I.
Further, the details of State-wise allocation and releases of funds under
State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Fund
(NDRF) during last three years i.e. 2023-24 to 2025-26 are as per Annexure-
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(d) and (e): The Central Government has taken several initiatives to
strengthen disaster risk reduction and enhance resilience in hilly States,
including Himachal Pradesh, under the existing institutional and policy
framework; as per the details provided below : -
i. The National Disaster Management Plan (NDMP) and the guidelines
issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) cover
disasters such as landslides, cloudbursts, Glacial Lake Outburst
Floods (GLOFs), forest fires and earthquakes, to which the Himalayan
region is particularly vulnerable.
ii. The Government has approved the National Landslide Risk Mitigation
Project (NLRMP) for implementation in 15 States, including Himachal
Pradesh, with the objective of reducing mortality and economic losses
by reducing the vulnerability of communities and their assets to
landslides. Under the project, a Central share of ₹125.00 crore and
State share of ₹14.00 crore have been approved for Himachal Pradesh.
iii. To adopt various structural and non-structural mitigation measures for
addressing the risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), the
National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risk Mitigation Programme
(NGRMP) was approved for the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal
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iv. Mitigation Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management has also been
approved, under which central share of ₹ 7.34 crore and state share of
₹ 0.82 crore has been approved for Himachal Pradesh.
v. Under the National Project for Strengthening Community Based
Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives in Panchayati Raj Institutions, a
total budget of ₹14.84 crore has been allocated for Himachal Pradesh
to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practices into the
Panchayati Raj governance structure through a bottom-up approach.
vi. An integrated warning system (SACHET) based on the Common
Alerting Protocol (CAP) has also been operationalized; under this
system, geo-targeted early warnings are disseminated by integrating
alerts issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Central
Water Commission (CWC), Geological Survey of India (GSI), Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Defence
Geo-informatics Research Establishment (DGRE), and Forest Survey of
India (FSI).
vii. Apart from this, it is continuously strengthening multi-disaster
early warning systems, disaster-resistant infrastructure, community
preparedness and capacity building through initiatives like Aapda
Mitra (Aapda Mitra) and Yuva Aapda Mitra Scheme (Yuva Aapda Mitra
Scheme).
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Annexure-I
Details of damages as reported by State/ UT due to hydro-meteorological disasters during the last
three years i.e. 2023-24 to 2025-26
(provisional)
S.No. State Year
2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Human Cattle Houses/h Croppped Human Cattle Houses/h Croppped Human Cattle Lost Houses/h Croppped Area
Lives Lost uts Area Lives Lost uts Area affected Lives (No.) uts affected (in
Lost (No.) (No.) damaged affected (in Lost (No.) (No.) damaged (in lakh ha.) Lost damaged lakh ha.)
(No.) lakh ha.) (No.) (No.) (No.)
1 Andhra Pradesh 40 - 332 1.30 56 122 1323 0.11 756 997 3832 1.51
2 Arunachal Pradesh 9 14 134 0.00 12 175 771 - 19 387 716 0.017
3 Assam 65 1671 3805 0.59 128 16207 156691 1.38 38 14293 5111 0.42
4 Bihar 518 - 250 - 64 - 191 - 115 0 273 -
5 Chhattisgarh 114 272 2200 - 125 289 2154 - 73 0 2890 0.006
6 Goa 8 - 290 - 4 2 696 - 2 0 325 -
7 Gujarat 236 5148 30718 1.33 230 7222 20741 - 139 0 14000 -
8 Haryana 47 2982 4686 2.16 1 - 16 - 6 26 2745 4.32
9 Himachal Pradesh 556 21506 15792 0.76 408 7116 1089 - 195 4120 10525 0.32
10 Jharkhand - - - - - - - - 6 0 159 0.0017
11 Karnataka 120 798 9897 0.30 185 1219 22414 2.86 103 1551 18725 14.81
12 Kerala 84 - 2842 - 355 - 7850 - 78 0 6352 -
13 Madhya Pradesh 201 357 2997 - 373 1204 8147 - 169 1906 6042 --6-
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14 Maharashtra 146 207 467 - 206 551 98 - 167 650 3598 75.42
15 Manipur - - - - 11 233 29639 0.01 8 0 20870 0.039
16 Meghalaya 27 27 2594 - 43 241 4043 0.01 26 63 2825 0.065
17 Mizoram 11 - 212 - 44 7 440 0.21 10 3 951 -
18 Nagaland 13 5 2002 - 27 1 2231 0.03 9 261 2856 0.007
19 Odisha 4 30 3674 0.16 30 2 1941 0.22 3 40 3880 0.30
20 Punjab 77 63649 7101 1.66 23 10 114 - 28 1481 14062 1.93
21 Rajasthan 70 1048 6854 - 131 492 1863 - 70 71 52 -
22 Sikkim 75 1435 3098 - 13 4244 1669 - 19 10 2157 0.81
23 Tamil Nadu 160 3039 1606 0.36 120 66699 22406 2.92 72 985 1423 0.30
24 Telangana 19 605 5193 0.61 29 13412 8690 - 0 0 0 -
25 Tripura 40 2 13222 - 78 15 67487 - 97 7 12415 -
26 Uttar Pradesh 47 358 655 - 88 33 2644 3.95 4099 0 445 2.22
27 Uttarakhand 109 661 3137 0.09 80 524 3484 0.05 182 861 7215 0.007
28 West bengal - - - - 14 - - 1.38 0 0 0 -
29 Andaman & Nicobar - - - - - - - - 0 0 11 -
30 Chandigarh - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 -
31 Dadar & Nagar Haveli 5 - 270 - - - - - 1 0 1 -
32 Delhi 18 10 11 - 68 - 8 - 0 0 0 -
33 Ladakh - - - - 28 73 1069 0.02 192 11828 11864 0.78
34 Lakshadweep - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 -
35 Jammu & Kashmir 29 - 229 - - - - - 0 0 0 -
36 Puducherry 1 - 25 0.07 5 5046 73 0.05 1 5 44 0.001
Total 2849 103824 124293 9.39 2979 125139 369992 13.11 6631 39545 202364 103.284
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ANNEXURE-II
Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and releases of funds under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and
National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) during the last three years i.e. 2023-24 TO 2025-26
(Rs. in crore)
Sl State Allocation under SDRF including Centre Centre’s Share of SDRF Released Release from NDRF (For all calamities)
No. and State share
2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
1. Andhra Pradesh 1315.20 1380.80 1449.60 987.20 1036.00 1088.00 -- 56.90 132.76
2. Arunachal Pradesh 245.60 256.80 270.40 220.80 115.60 358.80 -- -- 34.54
3. Assam 756.80 795.20 834.40 680.80 716.00 751.20 -- 29.02 722.36
4. Bihar 1664.80 1748.00 1836.00 1248.80 1311.20 1376.80 -- -- 76.70
5. Chhattisgarh 508.00 533.60 560.00 181.60 380.80 610.00 -- 33.24 --
6. Goa 12.80 13.60 15.20 9.60 10.40 11.20 -- 31.50 --
7. Gujarat 1556.80 1635.20 1716.00 1140.00 600.00 2497.60 -- -- 492.09
8. Haryana 577.60 606.40 636.80 433.60 455.20 477.60 -- -- 26.24
9. Himachal Pradesh 400.80 420.00 441.60 360.80 378.40 397.60 787.25 84.56 1890.09
10. Jharkhand 667.20 701.60 736.00 476.80 1027.20 552.00 -- -- 77.69
11. Karnataka 929.60 976.00 1024.80 697.60 732.00 768.80 -- 3528.45 98.98-8-
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12. Kerala 369.60 388.00 408.00 277.60 291.20 306.40 -- -- 162.23
13. Madhya Pradesh 2140.80 2248.00 2360.00 1605.60 1686.40 1770.40 -- -- 208.01
14. Maharashtra 3788.80 3978.40 4176.80 2841.60 2984.00 3132.80 -- -- 322.21
15. Manipur 41.60 44.00 45.60 18.80 50.00 49.60 -- 12.15 143.23
16. Meghalaya 64.80 67.20 71.20 27.20 59.60 60.00 -- 11.98 --
17. Mizoram 46.40 48.00 50.40 41.60 43.20 45.60 -- 18.36 14.40
18. Nagaland 40.80 42.40 44.80 36.80 38.40 40.00 -- 181.81 183.65
19. Odisha 1886.40 1980.80 2080.00 1415.20 1485.60 1560.00 -- 45.09 60.16
20. Punjab 582.40 611.20 642.40 436.80 458.40 481.60 -- 29.60 39.47
21. Rajasthan 1742.40 1828.80 1920.00 1307.20 1372.00 1440.00 -- -- 87.51
22. Sikkim 49.60 52.00 54.40 44.80 47.20 48.80 81.89 229.82 96.47
23. Tamil Nadu 1200.00 1260.00 1322.40 900.00 944.80 992.00 -- 360.09 534.32
24. Telangana 528.00 555.20 582.40 584.80 416.80 436.80 -- 42.78 99.82
25. Tripura 67.20 70.40 74.40 60.80 71.60 58.80 -- 186.40 15.25
26. Uttar Pradesh 2273.60 2388.00 2507.20 1664.80 1748.40 2776.40 -- 172.95 --
27. Uttarakhand 918.40 964.00 1012.00 826.40 434.00 911.20 -- 21.30 291.15
28. West Bengal 1189.60 1248.00 1311.20 892.00 936.00 983.20 -- 84.77 --
Total 25565.60 26841.60 28184.00 19419.60 19830.40 24193.20 869.14 5160.77 5909.26
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