Classifications of Disasters

According to the National Disaster Management Policy, the State governments have to provide disaster relief from their respective State Disaster Response Funds (SDRFs), and only for a “calamity of severe nature”, will additional assistance be provided from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

There is, however, no provision in the law or rules for the government to designate a disaster as a “national calamity”.

Disaster Relief Funds

Calamity Relief Funds are dedicated funds used by the state governments to meet the expenditure for providing immediate relief to victims of cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, ....

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