Flood Relief: Centre Allots Rs 3,048 cr To Kerala
New Delhi: A High Level Committee, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh approved the additional assistance of Rs 3048.39 crore to Kerala as flood relief. The Kerala government had sought Rs 5000 crore as compensation from the central government for the damage caused by the floods. Other than Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh were also a part of the meeting. The meeting of the Committee was held to consider the additional central assistance to Kerala, Nagaland and Andhra Pradesh, which were affected by natural disasters. The sum was sanctioned according to the applications submitted by the states.
