NEW DELHI, Dec 13: A
total of Rs 305.14 crore has
been sanctioned as Central assistance
to Manipur, Kerala
and Mizoram, which faced various
natural calamities in 2016-
17, the Home Ministry said.
A decision to grant the
amount was taken at a highlevel
meeting chaired by
Home Minister Rajnath Singh
and attended by Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley, Agriculture
Minister Radha Mohan Singh
and Union Home Secretary
Rajiv Gauba, among others.
The Central assistance has
been approved to Manipur and Mizoram affected by floods and
landslides, and drought-hit
Kerala, according to a Home
Ministry statement.
The committee approved an
assistance of Rs 130.65 crore
from the National Disaster Relief
Fund (NDRF) to Manipur.
The committee approved
Rs 125.47 crore to Kerala –
Rs 112.05 crore from NDRF
and Rs 13.42 crore from National
Rural Drinking Water
Programme (NRDWP).
It also approved Rs 49.02
crore for Mizoram – Rs 42.77
crore from NDRF and Rs 6.25
crore from NRDWP. – PTI
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