The Union Government has approved additional Central assistance of over one thousand forty-three crore rupees under the National Disaster Response Fund to Rajasthan and Nagaland which were affected by drought during 2021-22.<br />''<br />''The High-Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah has approved around one thousand four crore rupees for Rajasthan and over 39 crore rupees for Nagaland.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">This additional assistance is over and above the funds released by the Centre to the States in the State Disaster Response Funds. During 2021-22, the Central Government has released 17 thousand 747 crore rupees to 28 states in their SDRFs and seven thousand 342 crore rupees to eleven states from the NDRF.</span><br />