The Centre on Friday March 31,2017 released Rs2,014.45-crore assistance to Tamil Nadu, according to an official press release.
The assistance includes ₹ 1,748.28-crore for drought relief for the
Kharif season, ₹ 264.11 crore for relief associated with Vardha cyclone
and ₹ 2.06 crore under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme.
The funding was approved by a High Level Committee meeting chaired by the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, on March 23,2017
The Committee considered the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial
Central Team that visited Tamil Nadu to assess the situation and that of
the Sub Committee of the National Executive Committee and approved the
assistance.
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