Government of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Section—11 No. 387/Uh-11-2021-4 (Gfi')/2015 Lucknow: Dated 09 June, 2021 Notification The Government of India, vide Letter No. 32-7/2014-NDM-I dated 08.04.2015, while prescribing the norms and rates for expenditure from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the period 2015-20, has made the following provision under Item No. 13:— Items Norms of Assistance State specific disasters within | e Expenditure is to be incurred from SDRF only (and the local context in the State, not from NDRF), as assessed by the State Executive which are not included in the Committee (SEC).
notified list of disasters eThe norm for various items will be the same as eligible for assistance from applicable to other notified natural disaster, as listed SDRF/NDREF, can be met from above. or SDRF within the limit of 10% | oIn these cases, the scale of relief assistance against of the annual funds allocation each item for local disaster should not exceed the of the SDRF. norms of SDRF.
eThe flexibility is to be applicable only after the State has formally listed the disasters for inclusion and notified transparent norms and guidelines with a clear procedure for identification of the beneficiaries for disaster relief for such local disasters, with the approval of SEC.
2. Under the aforesaid provisions made by the Government of India, the State Government has declared the following as State Disasters: unseasonal heavy rainfall/excess rainfall, lightning, storm and dust storm, heat wave, boat accidents, snakebite, sewer cleaning and gas leakage incidents, accidents due to falling into borewells, and human-wildlife conflict.
In addition to the above-mentioned disasters declared by the Government, Hon’ble Governor has been pleased to accord approval to declare deaths caused by drowning in wells, rivers, lakes, ponds, tanks, canals, drains, pits, and waterfalls in the State as a State Disaster.
In order to distinguish between deaths caused by disaster/accidental drowning and deaths caused by voluntary drowning (suicide), the following procedure shall be followed:-
(1) A panchnama (inquest report) of the deceased shall be prepared.
(2) In case of loss of life due to any notified disaster, relief assistance is paid only after confirmation by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, so as to completely prevent misuse of disaster relief funds. Similarly, in cases of death due to drowning, a decision regarding payment of relief assistance shall be taken only after the Sub-Divisional Magistrate has followed the above-mentioned procedure.
(3) The distinction between death due to disaster/accidental drowning and death due to voluntary drowning (suicide) shall be determined by the District Magistrate on the basis of the above criteria. The decision of the District Magistrate shall be final.
(4) If the death of a person occurs as a result of suicide or any other criminal act, no financial assistance shall be admissible to the dependents of the deceased.
5. The expenditure incurred in respect of the aforesaid declared State Disaster shall be debited to Grant No. 51 under the Head of Account: “2245 — Relief on Account of Natural Calamities — 05 State Disaster Response Fund — 800 Other Expenditure — 06 Expenditure from State Disaster Response Fund — 09 Expenditure from Disaster Response Fund for other disasters declared by the State Government — 42 Other Expenditure.” (Renuka Kumar) Additional Chief Secretary.
No. 387 (1)/ Us-11-2021 Dated: As above A copy is forwarded to the following for information and necessary action:
National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India, New Delhi.
Accountant General (Accounts & Entitlement)-I, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad.
Additional Chief Secretary to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Staff Officer to Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
All Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
All Divisional Commissioners, Uttar Pradesh.
All District Magistrates, Uttar Pradesh.
Additional Chief Executive Officer, Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority, Lucknow.
Finance (Expenditure Control) Section—5, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
10. Senior Finance & Accounts Officer, Office of the Relief Commissioner, for uploading on the Relief Commissioner’s website: http://rahat.up.nic.in.
11. Section Officer, Revenue Section—11, for uploading on the website http://shasanadesh.up.gov.in.
12. Revenue Section—10.
13. Guard File.
P N N A W ~ ° By Order, (Manoj Kumar Singh) Joint Secretary.
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