Seven Disaster hit States to get Central Assistance

Posted on 31st Jan 2015 03:35 pm by mohit kumar

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The government Friday decided to provide central assistance to seven states, which were affected by natural disasters in 2014, under national disaster response fund, a home ministry statement said.

The decision was taken in a high-level committee meeting chaired by union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

The committee decided to provide central assistance to Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana.

"The committee examined the proposal based on the visits of the central team to the states affected by severe natural disasters during 2014 and decided to provide them assistance," the statement said.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and senior officers of the ministries of agriculture, finance and home also attended the meeting.

Other news

New strains of Corona surfaced in South Africa and Nigeria after UK; Know what will be the effect on the vaccine

Another new strain of coronavirus has been found. New strain means a new form of corona. Just a f

Coal block allocation: Probe sought over Patnaik's role

Bhubaneswar, March 11 (IANS) After a special court summoned former prime minister Manmohan Sing

Adani close to leaving Mukesh Ambani behind Gautam Adani becomes Asia's second-richest businessman, wealth rising by $ 33 billion this year

Gautam Adani, the owner of Adani Group, has become Asia's second-richest businessman. His total a

Ranveer Allahbadia: Ranveer Allahbadia made an emotional post for himself, wrote- Life is a storm...

Ranveer Allahbadia on Monday night (April 14) took to his Instagram to share a post that grabbed

27 dead, passenger ship drowned after collision with a cargo ship in Bangladesh

Dhaka

 

At least 27 people were killed when a small passenger vessel carryin

PM Modi's visit to Assam today, will gift projects worth 14,300 crores including AIIMS Guwahati; know schedule

PM Modi Assam Visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam today i.e. on 14 April. During

Rajnath Singh said - Indian soldiers confronted the Chinese army strongly, they were forced to return.

New Delhi: Tension continues between India and China. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh s

India Forex Reserves: Good news for India, foreign exchange reserves jump by $14.72 billion

India Foreign Currency Reserves: There is good news for India. There has been a tremendous jump i

LSG vs MI: Hardik Pandya fined Rs 24 lakh, Mumbai Indians players also got strict punishment

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya was fined Rs 24 lakh for violating the IPL code of conduct.

Heeraben Passed Away: Worked in other's homes, lived a simple life... this is the identity of PM Modi's mother Heeraba

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraba Modi passed away on Friday. When the marriage took