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Will the Minister of

HOME AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:-

(a) whether a number of cyclones have hit the country in the recent past;

(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the loss of lives and property during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the details of assistance sought by the State Governments and the action taken thereon during the said period, State-wise, including Kerala;

(d) whether there is any proposal to revise the norms for disbursement of relief funds to the affected States; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS(SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) to (c): Yes Madam,As per information received from the India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences cyclonic storms/ severe cyclonic storms which crossed Indian coasts during the last three years and current year, are as under:-




Years	Date		Name  of	Crossing coast		Crossing date & time
			Cyclone		West	East 	
					coast	coast



2006	29-30 		Cyclonic Storm	-	Andhra Pradesh	Around 1300 hrs IST of 
	October		‘Ogni’			coast close 	30 October
						to north
						Baptala



2007	-		Nil		-	-		-



2008	13-16 		Cyclonic Storm	-	Andhra Pradesh	Between 0330 & 0430 hrs 
	November	‘Khaimukh’		coast close	IST of 26 November 
						to north Kavali



	25-27 		Cyclonic Storm	-	Tamil Nadu cost	Between 0530 & 0630 hrs 
	November	‘Nisha’			north of 	IST of 27 November
						Karaikal



2009	23-26 		Severe Cyclonic	-	West Bengal	Between 1330 & 1430 hrs 
	May		Storm ‘Aila’		coast close to	IST of 25 May
						Sagar Island 



	9-12  		Cyclonic Storm	Maha	-		Between 1530 & 1630 hrs
	November	‘Phyan’		ras 			IST of 11 November
					htra
					coast
					between
					Mumbai
					and
					Alibag

During the said period Kerala has not been hit by any Cyclone.A statement showing the details of loss of human lives, livestock and damage to cropped area and houses due to cyclone/ cyclonic storms of severe nature in the affected States as well as assistance sought by these States for immediate relief and action taken thereon during the last three years and the current year is at Annexure.

(d) & (e): It has generally been a practice to review and revise the items & norms of assistance from Calamity Relief Fund (CRF)/ National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) after the Award of successive Finance Commissions are accepted by the Government. The last such revision was made in June 2007, after the Award of the Twelfth Finance Commission (2005-10).

These items & norms are revised from time-to-time based on the recommendations of the Expert Group constituted by the Government of India. In order to have wider consultations, Expert Group take into consideration the views of State Governments and line Central Ministries. These norms are applied uniformly to all the States, while providing assistance from CRF/ NCCF.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted an Expert Group on 27th October 2009 to review and recommend revision of the items and norms of assistance from Relief funds for the period 2010-11 to 2014-15, in accordance with the recommendations of the 13th Finance Commission as accepted by the Government of India.