The Union Government has approved additional Central assistance of over one thousand forty three crore rupees under the National Disaster Response Fund to Rajasthan and Nagaland which were affected by drought during 2021-22.

• The Government of India has given its approval to the additional Central Assistance of over Rs. 1,043 crores under the National Disaster Response Fund to Rajasthan and Nagaland.
• The areas were affected by the drought during 2021-22. The High-Level Committee has approved the amount of Rs. 1,004 crores for Rajasthan and over Rs. 39 crores for Nagaland.
• The additional assistance is over and above the funds that were released by the Central Government to the states in the State Disaster Response Funds.
• During 2021-22, the Government of India has released Rs. 17,747 crores to 28 states in their SDRFs and Rs. 7,342 crores to eleven states from the NDRF.