The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced the approval of an amount of Rs 17.20 crore as the 2nd installment of the Central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to be released in advance to Nagaland, for 2022-23.

The statement mentioned that the release of fund was for the undertaking of relief measures “in the wake of floods and landslides during the Monsoon season of 2022”.

“It is always the effort of the Government led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide help to States and Union Territories affected by natural calamities in an expeditious manner.” the Ministry stated.

It further added that Centre has already released an amount of Rs 8,764.00 crore as the 1st installment of the Central share of SDRF to 24 states including Nagaland in the current fiscal year. In addition to that, an amount of Rs 827.60 crore, as the 2nd Installment of the Central share has also been released, in advance, to three other states in view of the severe floods and landslides in various states.