PIB DelhiUnder the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Central Government is standing shoulder to shoulder with the affected states to reduce the difficulties caused by natural disasters.
On the directions of the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has fashioned inter-ministers (IMCTS) to assess the harm caused by heavy rains, floods, sudden floods, cloudburst and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. These central events will go to the spot and assess the scenario and reduction work being performed by the state authorities.
The central events will go to the flood/landslide affected districts of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir earlier subsequent week, which have been badly affected by heavy to heavy rains, sudden floods, cloudbursts and landslides throughout the present monsoon season. Already an IMCT and a multi-sectoral workforce have already visited Himachal Pradesh.
These central events can be headed by senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs/National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and senior officers of expenditure, agricultural and farmer welfare, water energy, vitality, highway transport and highways, ministries/departments.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is in contact with senior officers of these states/union territories and offering vital logistic help, together with deployment of NDRF, military and air drive helicopters, that are aiding in search and rescue operations and restoration of important companies.
According to the choice taken by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in August 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs instantly types the IMCTS with out ready for the memorandum of state governments/union territories to assess the loss by going to the spot.
After assessing the harm by the IMCT, the central authorities offers extra monetary help to the states from NDRF as per the established course of. During the monetary yr 2025-26, the Central Government has launched Rs 10,498.80 crore in SDRF to 24 states, Rs 1,988.91 crore from NDRF to 12 states, Rs 3,274.90 crore from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) to 20 states and Rs 3,274.90 crore from State Disaster Mitigation Fund (SDMF) and Rs 3,274.90 crore and 09 states have been launched to 372.09 crore from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF), so that individuals have launched rapid reduction Assistance could be supplied.