The Centre today sanctioned an assistance of Rs 2443 crore from the National Disaster Relief Fund to four States affected by drought, landslides and flood. An assistance of 925 crore rupees was approved for Chhattisgarh, 1104 Crore for West Bengal, Rs 34 crore for Manipur and Rs 380 crore for Odisha during the meeting of the High Level Committee chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi today. <br/><br/>The Committee examined the proposals based on the report of the Central team which visited the states affected by severe Natural Disasters. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, Agriculture Secretary Siraj Hussain and senior officers of the Ministries of Home, Finance and Agriculture attended the meeting.