THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a): During the last three years, 486 districts in the country including Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were declared drought hit. Year-wise details
of districts declared as drought affected are as under:
Year Year Districts declared as drought affected
2008-09 44
2009-10 352
2010-11 90
Total 486
(b): During the last three years, Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal submitted Memoranda seeking financial assistance from National Disaster
Response Fund (NDRF) for the damages suffered due to drought.
(c) to (e): No compensation is paid from NDRF. The Central Teams visited all the
drought affected States and submitted reports, based on which assistance from NDRF was
provided to the State Governments as detailed in the Annexure. No assistance has been
approved on account of drought during the current financial year.
