The Centre today approved an assistance of over 1782.44 crore rupees for Karnataka. The state will get this sum from the National Disaster Relief Fund as drought relief. The financial assistance was approved by Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a meeting of the High Level Committee in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>The Committee examined the proposal based on the reports of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team which visited the state. Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Dr Arvind Panagariya, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and senior officers of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance and Agriculture were present in the meeting.