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Review and finalisation of the list of Items and Norms of expenditure to be followed by the States for incurring expenditure from the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) and the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) for the period between 2000-2005.
The Eleventh Finance Commission (EFC) has given its recommendations on financing of relief expenditure on natural calamities for the period 2000-2005 which were accepted by the Government of India.In accordance with the said recommendations, a Committee of Experts was set up in the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation under the Chairmanshipof the Central Relief Commissioner, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation on 1.11.2000 to review and finalise the list of items and norms of expenditure to be followed for incurring expenditure from CRF/NCCF for the period between 2000-2005.The Committee held discussions on this matter with Governments and Ministries/Departments of the Central Government.
The recommendations of the Committee have been accepted by the Government and accordingly the finalised list of items and norms of expenditure for assistance chargeable to CRF/NCCF in the wake of natural calamities is Annexed. The State Governments are requested to kindly ensure that the expenditure from CRF/NCCF is incurred as per these approved items/norms only.
Further, pending setting up of the National Centre for Calamity Management (NCCM), the earlier procedure of deputing Central teams for assessment of the situation and consideration of the reports of the central teams by the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) will continue to be followed for making recommendations to the High Level Committee in case of assistance from the
NCCF.
A copy of this communication along with its enclosures is also being sent to the Accountants General of the States for necessary action.
REVISED LIST OF ITEMS AND NORMS OF EXPENDITURE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM CALAMITY RELIEF FUND(CRF) AND NATIONAL CALAMITY CONTINGENCY FUND(NCCF) FOR THE PERIOD 2000-2005
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S.No. |
ITEMS |
Norms
of expenditure for assistance from CRF and NCCF
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1. |
Gratuitous
Relief |
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(a)
Ex-Gratia payment to families of deceased persons |
Rs.50,000/-
per deceased . |
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(b)
Ex-Gratia payment for loss of a limb or eyes. |
Rs.25,000/-
per person. (The Gratuitous
relief for loss of limb etc., should be extended only when the
disability is more than 40% and certified by a Govt. doctor or panel
doctors from approved by the Govt.) |
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(c)
Grievous injury requiring hospitalisation for more than a week . |
Rs.5,000/-
per person |
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(d)
Relief for the old, infirm and destitute children.
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Rs.20/-
per adult, Rs.10/- per child, per day |
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(e)
Clothing and utensils for families whose
house have been washed away |
Rs.500/-
for clothing and Rs.500/- for
utensils -per family |
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2. |
Supplementary
Nutrition. |
Rs.1.05
per day per head as per ICDS norms |
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3. |
Assistance
to small and marginal farmers for - |
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(a)
Desilting etc. (b)
Removal of debris in hill areas, and (c)
Desilting/Restoration/Repair of fish farms |
25%
and 33-1/3% to small farmers and marginal farmers respectively on the
basis of NABARD pattern subject to ceiling of
Rs.5,000/- per hectare. |
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(d)
Agriculture input subsidy where crop loss was 50% and above. |
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(I)
For agriculture crops, horticulture crops and
annual plantation crops |
--Rainfed
areas Rs.1000/- per hectare --Rs.2500/-
per hectare in area with assured irrigation |
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(II)
Perennial crops
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Rs.
4,000 per hectare |
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(e)
Loss of substantial portion of land caused by landslide,
avalanche, change of course of rivers. |
Rs.10,000/-
per hectare |
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4. |
Employment
Generation (
Only to meet additional requirements after taking into account, funds
available under Plan Schemes viz., JRY, IJRY, EAS, etc.) |
As
per Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana norms. |
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5. |
Animal
Husbandry Assistance to small and marginal farmers/agricultural
labourers |
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(a)
For replacement of drought animals, milch
animals or animals for haulage or for livelihood |
As per
pattern of subsidy under Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana for small
and marginal farmers. |
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(b)
For provision of fodder/fodder concentrate
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Large
animals -- Rs.12.00 per day
, Small animals -- Rs.6.00
per day |
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(c)
Procurement, storage and movement of fodder
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To
be assessed by NCCM |
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(d)
Movement of useful cattle to other areas
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To
be assessed by the NCCM for NCCF/by State level Committee
for CRF |
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6. |
Assistance
to Fishermen |
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(a)
For repair/replacement of boats, nets and damaged or lost |
Subsidy will be provided
other equipments subject to
ceilings on subsidy per family as per SGSY pattern. |
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--
Boat |
The cost of
boats will also be determined
with reference to approved cost
under SGSY |
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(b)
Input subsidy for fish seed farm
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Rs.2,000/-
per hectare
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7. |
Assistance to artisans in handicrafts sector
by way of subsidy for repair/ replacement of damaged equipments. |
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(a)
Traditional Crafts |
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(i) For damaged
equipments
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Rs.1,000/-
per person |
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(ii) For raw material
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Rs.1,000/-
per person |
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(b)
For Handloom Weavers |
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(i)
Repairs/ replacement of loom equipments
and accessories |
Rs.1,000/- per loom |
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(ii) Purchase of yarn and other materials
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Rs.1,000/-
per loom |
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8.
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Assistance for
repair/ restoration of damaged houses |
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(a)
Fully damaged houses |
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(i) Pucca house |
Rs.10,000/-
per house |
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(ii) Kuchha House |
Rs.6,000/-
per house |
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(b) Severely damaged houses |
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(i) Pucca House |
Rs.2,000/-
per house |
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(ii) Kuchha House |
Rs.1,200/-
per house |
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(c) Marginally Damaged Houses |
Rs.
800/- per house |
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9. |
Emergency supply of drinking water including transportation of drinking water in urban areas |
To
be assessed by NCCM. Team for NCCF /by state level
committee for CRF. |
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10. |
Provision
of medicines, disinfectants, insecticides for prevention of outbreak of epidemics |
--
do -- |
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11. |
Medical
care for cattle and poultry against epidemics.
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--
do -- |
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12.
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Evacuation
of people affected/ likely to be affected. |
--
do -- |
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13.
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Hiring
of boats for carrying immediate relief
& saving life. |
--
do-- |
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14. |
Provision
for temporary accommodation, food, clothing,
medical care etc. of people affected/ evacuated |
--
do -- |
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15. |
Air
dropping of essential
supplies
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--
do -- |
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16. |
Repair/restoration
of immediate nature of the damaged infrastructure relating to
communication, power, public health, drinking water supply, primary
education and community owned assets in the social sector. |
--do--
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17. |
Replacement
of damaged medical equipments and lost
medicines of Govt. hospitals/health centres |
--
do --
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18. |
Operational
cost ( Of POL only ) for Ambulance Service,
Mobile Medical Teams and temporary dispensaries. |
--
do -- |
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19. |
Cost of clearance of debris |
--
do -- |
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20. |
Draining off flood water in affected areas |
--
do -- |
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21. |
Cost of search and rescue measures |
--
do -- |
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22. |
Disposal of dead bodies/carcasses |
--
do -- |
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23. |
Training to core multidisciplinary groups of the
State Officers drawn from different cadres-expenditure to be met from
CRF |
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*NCCM - NationalCentre for Calamity Management |
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