Question : CENTRAL ASSISTANCE TO DROUGHT AFFECTED STATES

(a) whether the Union Government have recently declared assistance to drought affected States to meet the situation;

(b) if so, the names of districts affected by the drought even after good monsoon in 2003-04, State-wise;

(c) the names of States visited by the Central team to assess the situation in this regard;

(d) whether the said team has given its report;

(e) if so, the findings thereof;

(f) the assistance and foodgrains sought by each State in this regard; and

(g) the actual amount released and foodgrains provided by the Government, State-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE(SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) to (g): Due to deficient rainfall during South-West Monsoon 2003, the Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Maharashtra declared parts of the State as drought affected. State-wise details of districts declared as drought affected by the respective States are indicated in the statement as Annexure-I.
The Governments of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra had submitted Memoranda for Central assistance in the wake of drought declared during Kharif 2003 and Inter-Ministerial Central Teams visited these States for on-the spot assessment of the situation. State-wise details of release of Central share of Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) for 2003-04, Central assistance sought and provided to these three States is indicated in the statement at Annexure-II

ANNEXURE-I
Details of Districts declared by States as drought affected during 2003-04

Sl.No.	State	TotalDistricts	Names of Districts



1.	Andhra Pradesh	21	Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, East Godavari,	Vishakapatnam, West Godavari, Krishna, Prakasam,	Nellore, Chittoor, Cuddapah, Ananthapur, Kurnool,	Adilabad, Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy, Medak,	Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda &	Guntur.

2.	Jharkhand	15	Palamu, Garhwa, Dumka, Godda, Jamtara, Pakur,	Chatra, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Kodarma,	Giridih, Latehar, West Singhbhum & Saraikela	Kharsava.

3.	Karnataka	25	Bagalkote, Bangalore Rural, Belgaum, Bangalore	Urban, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamarajnagar,	Dharwad, Chickkmagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere,	Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal,	Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur,	Uttara Kannada & Gadag.

4.	Maharashtra	11	Solapur, Sangli, Pune, Satara, Ahmednagar, Nashik,	Beed, Osmanabad, Aurangabad, Jalna & Latur.

State	Release of Central share of CRF	Assistance sought	Assistance provided
for 2003-04
NCCF Foodgrains	NCCF	Foodgrains	(so far)
Karnataka	64.74	1881.55	9.90	115.86	1.65
Andhra Pradesh	171.96	859.88	15.00	1.00
Maharashtra	136.49	1715.00 2.00	0.50