No provision to declare calamity as 'national disaster': Nityanand Rai
The MoS stated that the financial assistance provided under SDRF and NDRF is by way of relief and not for compensation ...
No provision to declare calamity as 'national disaster' under existing guidelines: Union Minister Nityanand Rai
"The State Governments provide financial relief to the affected people in the event of 12 notified natural disasters, which include floods and landslides, from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), ...