Parliament Question: Utilization of fund under NDRF

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1344 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11TH FEBRUARY, 2026/ MAGHA 22, 1947 (SAKA) UTILIZATION OF FUND UNDER NDRF 1344 SHRI MAHARAJA SANAJAOBA LEISHEMBA: Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Central Government has prescribed any timeline or procedural norm for the release of assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to the States and Union Territories; (b) the total amount of funds released to each State and Union Territory under NDRF and others since 2020, year-wise details thereof ; and (c) the details of utilization certificates received from States/UTs against the funds released during the period 2021 onwards? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI) (a) to (c): As per the National Disaster Management Policy, the primary responsibility for disaster management rests with the State Governments concerned. The State Governments undertake relief measures in the wake of natural disasters from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), already placed at their disposal, in accordance with Government of India’s approved items and norms. In order to supplement the efforts of the State, additional financial assistance is extended from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), in case of disaster of ‘severe nature’, in accordance with the established procedure. The entire exercise requires adhering to the established procedure-2- R.S.US.Q.NO. 1344 FOR 11.02.2026 envisaged in the NDRF/ SDRF guidelines, which is accessible on the Ministry’s website: www.ndmindia.mha.gov.in. The Central share of SDRF is released in two equal instalments, first in June and the second in December subject to fulfillment of conditions of the guidelines including information relating to crediting of earlier released funds and statement of expenditure. There is no Union Territory-wise allocation of funds under SDRF/ NDRF. As per laid down procedure, a three tier system is followed for calculation of the additional financial assistance from NDRF. Firstly, an on-the-spot assessment is made by an Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), comprising of representatives of sectoral Ministries/ Departments, along with the officials of the State concerned. The report of IMCT is then considered by the Sub-Committee of National Executive Committee (SC-NEC) chaired by Union Home Secretary and consisting of representatives of various Ministries concerned. Subsequently, the recommendations of SC-NEC are considered and approved by the High Level Committee (HLC) chaired by Hon’ble Union Home Minister and consisting of Union Finance Minister, Union Agriculture Minister and Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog as Members. Quantum of funds is released from NDRF after approval of HLC. As per the scheme of SDRF/ NDRF, the State Government is responsible to ensure that money drawn from the SDRF (including central assistance from NDRF) is actually utilized for the purposes for which it was released, only on items of expenditure and as per norms approved by the Government of India.-3- R.S.US.Q.NO. 1344 FOR 11.02.2026 State Accountant General is required to monitor the expenditure as per the items and norms of assistance. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India causes audit of SDRF every year in terms of the scheme of the SDRF. The State-wise details of allocation and releases of funds from SDRF and NDRF to the States during 2020-21 to 2025-26 are given in Annexure. *****R.S.US.Q.NO. 1344 FOR 11.02.2026 Annexure Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and releases of SDRF and NDRF during the years 2020-21 to 2024-25 (Rs. in crore) Sl. N State Allocation under SDRF Centre's share of SDRF released Released from NDRF 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 1. Andhra Pr. 1192.80 1192.80 1252.80 1315.20 1380.80 895.20 895.20 940.00 987.20 1036.00 657.029 351.43 -- -- 56.895 2. Arunachal Pr. 222.40 222.40 233.60 245.60 256.80 200.00 200.00 210.40 220.80 115.60 59.34 -- -- -- -- 3. Assam 686.40 686.40 720.80 756.80 795.20 617.60 617.60 648.80 680.80 716.00 44.37 -- 250.00 -- 29.017 4. Bihar 1510.40 1510.40 1586.40 1664.80 1748.00 1132.80 1132.80 1189.60 1248.80 1311.20 1255.27 1038.96 -- -- -- 5. Chhattisgarh 460.80 460.80 484.00 508.00 533.60 345.60 345.60 181.60 181.60 380.80 -- -- -- -- 33.243 6. Goa 12.00 12.00 12.80 12.80 13.60 9.60 9.60 9.60 9.60 10.40 -- -- -- -- 31.50 7. Gujarat 1412.00 1412.00 1482.40 1556.80 1635.20 1059.20 1059.20 556.00 1140.00 600.00 -- 1000.00 -- -- -- 8. Haryana 524.00 524.00 550.40 577.60 606.40 392.80 392.80 412.80 433.60 455.20 -- -- -- -- -- 9. Himachal Pr. 363.20 363.20 380.80 400.80 420.00 327.20 327.20 342.40 360.80 378.40 2.90 -- 214.26 787.25 84.564 10. Jharkhand 605.60 605.60 635.20 667.20 701.60 454.40 454.40 -- 476.80 1027.20 -- 200.00 -- -- -- 11. Karnataka 843.20 843.20 885.60 929.60 976.00 632.80 632.80 664.00 697.60 732.00 689.27 1623.30 939.83 -- 3528.447 12. Kerala 335.20 335.20 352.00 369.60 388.00 251.20 251.20 264.00 277.60 291.20 -- -- -- -- -- 13. Madhya Pr. 1941.60 1941.60 2038.40 2140.80 2248.00 1456.00 1456.00 1528.80 1605.60 1686.40 1891.79 600.50 -- -- -- 14. Maharashtra 3436.80 3436.80 3608.80 3788.80 3978.40 2577.60 2577.60 2706.40 2841.60 2984.00 420.12 1056.39 -- -- -- 15. Manipur 37.60 37.60 39.20 41.60 44.00 33.60 33.60 35.20 18.80 50.00 26.53 -- -- -- 12.15 16. Meghalaya 58.40 58.40 60.80 64.80 67.20 52.80 52.80 27.20 27.20 59.60 16.52 -- -- -- 11.982 17. Mizoram 41.60 41.60 43.20 46.40 48.00 37.60 37.60 39.20 41.60 43.20 -- -- -- -- 18.36 18. Nagaland 36.80 36.80 38.40 40.80 42.40 32.80 32.80 34.40 36.80 38.40 1.335 -- 107.304 -- 10.815 19. Odisha 1711.20 1711.20 1796.80 1886.40 1980.80 1283.20 1283.20 1348.00 1415.20 1485.60 500.00 500.00 -- -- 45.086 20. Punjab 528.00 528.00 554.40 582.40 611.20 474.43 396.00 416.00 436.80 458.40 -- -- -- -- 29.601 21. Rajasthan 1580.00 1580.00 1659.20 1742.40 1828.80 1184.80 1184.80 1244.80 1307.20 1372.00 68.65 -- 13.46 -- -- 22. Sikkim 44.80 44.80 47.20 49.60 52.00 40.00 40.00 42.40 44.80 47.20 73.86 55.23 -- 81.89 229.831 23. Tamil Nadu 1088.00 1088.00 1142.40 1200.00 1260.00 816.00 816.00 856.80 900.00 944.80 286.91 566.36 -- -- 360.086 24. Telangana 479.20 479.20 503.20 528.00 555.20 359.20 359.20 188.80 584.80 416.80 -- -- -- -- 42.783 25. Tripura 60.80 60.80 63.20 67.20 70.40 54.40 54.40 56.80 60.80 71.60 12.93 -- -- -- 186.40 26. Uttar Pr. 2062.40 2062.40 2165.60 2273.60 2388.00 1546.40 1546.40 812.00 1664.80 1748.40 -- -- -- -- 172.95 27. Uttarakhand 832.80 832.80 874.40 918.40 964.00 749.60 749.60 787.20 826.40 434.00 -- -- -- -- 21.30 28. West Bengal 1078.40 1078.40 1132.80 1189.60 1248.00 808.80 808.80 849.60 892.00 936.00 2250.28 350.13 -- -- 84.771 Total 23186.40 23186.40 24344.80 25,565.60 26841.60 17825.63 17747.20 16392.80 19419.60 19830.40 8257.11 7342.30 1524.854 869.14 5160.765R.S.US.Q.NO. 1344 FOR 11.02.2026 Annexure Statement showing State-wise details of allocation and release of SDRF and NDRF during the year 2025-26 (till date) (Rs. in Crore) S/ No. State Allocation under Centre’s share of Released from SDRF SDRF released NDRF 1 2 3 4 5 1 Andhra Pradesh 1449.60 1088.00 75.86 2 Arunachal Pradesh 270.40 237.20 34.54 3 Assam 834.40 375.60 354.84 4 Bihar 1836.00 688.40 76.70 5 Chhattisgarh 560.00 400.00# -- 6. Goa 15.20 5.60 -- 7. Gujarat 1716.00 2497.60 76.24 8. Haryana 636.80 477.60 26.24 9. Himachal Pradesh 441.60 397.60 1184.03 10. Jharkhand 736.00 276.00 33.29 11. Karnataka 1024.80 768.80 -- 12. Kerala 408.00 153.20 114.49 13. Madhya Pradesh 2360.00 1770.40 89.14 14. Maharashtra 4176.80 3132.80 138.09 15. Manipur 45.60 29.20 # 131.08 16. Meghalaya 71.20 60.00# -- 17. Mizoram 50.40 22.80 14.40 18. Nagaland 44.80 40.00 25.23 19. Odisha 2080.00 1560.00 60.11 20. Punjab 642.40 481.60 -- 21. Rajasthan 1920.00 1440.00 87.51 22. Sikkim 54.40 48.80 87.76 23. Tamil Nadu 1322.40 992.00 634.32 24. Telangana 582.40 218.40 57.04 25. Tripura 74.40 58.80 15.25 26. Uttar Pradesh 2507.20 1836.00 -- 27. Uttarakhand 1012.00 911.20 291.15 28. West Bengal 1311.20 491.60 -- Total 28184.00 20459.20 3607.31 ******