File No. 1-11003(099)/1/2022-11- Government of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Section-11 No.: 586/Ta-11-2022-4(5M)/2015 Lucknow: Dated 13/10/2022 NOTIFICATION In continuation of Government of India letter No. 32-7/2014-NDM-1 dated 08.04.2015 regarding expenditure from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the period 2015-20, and the provisions mentioned in paragraph 13 thereof, the following arrangements are prescribed:
Items Norms of Assistance State-specific disasters within the local | ¢ Expenditure shall be incurred from SDRF only context in the State, which are not included (not from NDRF), as assessed by the State in the notified list of disasters eligible for Executive Committee (SEC).
assistance from SDRF/NDRF, may be | ¢ The norms for various items shall be the same as provided assistance from SDRF within the applicable to other notified natural disasters.
limit of 10% of the annual allocation of | ¢ In such cases, the scale of relief assistance for SDRF. each item for local disasters shall not exceed the norms of SDRF.
o This flexibility shall apply only after the State has formally listed such disasters and notified transparent norms and guidelines with a clear procedure for identification of beneficiaries for disaster relief for such local disasters, with the approval of the State Executive Committee (SEC).
2. As per the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, vide letter No. 33-3/2021-NDM-I dated 12.01.2022, revised guidelines have been issued for SDRF and NDRF for the period 2021-22 to 2025-26. Under clause 3.2, the following provision has been made:
A State Government may use up to 10% fund of the annual allocation of the SDRF for providing immediate relief to the victims of natural disasters that they consider to be “disasters” within the local context in the State and which are not included in the notified list of disasters of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) subject to the condition that the State Government has listed the State specific natural disasters and notified clear and transparent norms and guidelines for such disasters with the approval of the State Authority i.e. the State Executive Committee (SEC). Any amount spent by the State for such disasters over and above the ceiling would be borne out of its own resources and would be subject to the same accounting norms.
3. In compliance with the above provisions made by the Government of India, this notification of the State Government is hereby issued Reference No. 303/One-11-2016-4(G)/16 dated 27.06.2016, U.0. No. 20/0One-11-2018-4(G)/15 dated 02.08.2018, 310/One-11-2018-4(G)/15 dated 10.08.2018, 393/One-11-2018-4(G)/16 dated 17.10.2018 and 387/One-11-2021-4(G)/15 dated 09.06.2021 due to unseasonal heavy rainfall/over rainfall, lightning, storm, tornado, landslide, boat accident, stampede, snakebite, drowning in wells, accidents due to falling from trees, human-wildlife conflict, File No. 1-11003(099)/1/2022-11 sewer accidents, fire, drowning in ponds, rivers, drains, and waterfalls, etc., such incidents resulting in loss of life have been declared as State Disasters.
4. Apart from the disasters mentioned above, for declaring incidents of snake and stray animal (neelgay) attacks occurring in the State as State Disaster, the Hon’ble Governor has accorded approval.
5. The expenditure on the declared State disasters shall be met under Grant No. 51 under the relevant head. Due to the abolition of detailed head “2245-Relief on account of Natural Calamities- 05-State Disaster Response Fund-800 Other Expenditure-06 State Disaster Response Fund,” the expenditure on relief for other State-declared disasters shall be debited under 2245-Relief on account of Natural Calamities—05 State Disaster Response Fund-800 Other Expenditure—42.
Signed by (Sudhir Garg) Principal Secretary No.: 586(1)/ts-11-2021 (Dated as above) Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:
Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
Accountant General (Audit & Accounts), Uttar Pradesh, Prayagraj.
Chief Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Government.
Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Government.
All Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Secretaries, U.P. Government.
All Divisional Commissioners, U.P.
All District Magistrates, U.P.
Additional Chief Executive Officer, State Disaster Management Authority, U.P., Lucknow.
9. Finance (Expenditure Control) Section-5, U.P. Government.
10. All Finance & Accounts Officers/Treasury Officers to upload on the website of the Relief Commissioner Office: http://rahat.up.nic.in.
11. Revenue Section-10.
12. Office file.
P N A W = By Order, (Ram Kewal) Special Secretary.
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