Centre announces financial assistance of Rs1667 crore for J&K

Singh mentioned that earlier an amount of Rs. 1602 crore had already been released from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for immediate relief to the flood affected families in the state.

An amount of Rs. 1000 crore has been released as Additional Special Plan Assistance and Rs. 770 crore sanctioned under the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF).

A total of Rs.5039 crore has been provided for short term relief or reconstruction measures for the flood affected State of Jammu & Kashmir.

Singh mentioned that the Border Road Organisation has also been given directions to immediately repair the National Highway from Jammu to Srinagar.

The Home Minister mentioned that a secure and peaceful environment is critical for all round economic and social development of the state.

In the last one year, there has been significant improvement in the security situation in the state.

Strict vigil and surveillance by the State Police and Security Forces has led to decline in the level of violence.

During the current year, the number of terrorist incidents and infiltration attempts has also come down.

The Union Finance Minister and the Minister for I&B Arun Jaitley informed that Wednesday’s announcement of Rs. 1667 crore includes Rs. 838 crore on account of pending liabilities of the Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan 2014, Rs. 551 crore additional ex-gratia relief for repair or reconstruction of damaged kuccha houses, Rs. 172 crore for the tourism sector, Rs. 59 crore as subsidy for providing additional food grains and Rs. 47 crore for repair of damaged roads.

Jaitley provided the details of Rs. 770 crore sanctioned under the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) which includes Rs. 570 crore is for reconstruction or repair of damaged 'pucca and kuccha' houses, Rs. 175 crore for damaged medical equipment and Rs. 25 crore for text books to flood affected school children.