- A high-level committee, chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah has approved funds worth Rs 5,751 crore to eight states for calamity damage relief.
- The additional centreassistanmce has been approved under the National Disaster Response Fund.
- They will be given to eight states that were affected by drought, floods, landslides and cyclones in 2019.
- The states include Kerala, Bihar, Nagaland, Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Karnataka.
