The Central Government has approved over ₹1,115 crore rupees for disaster mitigation and capacity building projects for fifteen States. A High-Level Committee, under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved this fund. The Committee approved 378 crore rupees for eight North East States, 139 crore rupees each for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, one hundred crore rupees for Maharashtra, 72 crore rupees each for Karnataka and Kerala, and 50 crore rupees each for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

The High-Level Committee has also approved another project for training and capacity building of civil defence in all States and Union Territories at a total outlay of over 115 crore rupees.

The Home Ministry said, to fulfill Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of disaster resilient India, the Ministry has taken several initiatives to ensure effective management of disasters in the country. It said, a number of steps have been taken to prevent any extensive loss to life and property during disasters by strengthening the disaster risk reduction system in India. The Ministry highlighted that more than 21 thousand 476 crore rupee has already been released to the States during this year.