AIDED EARTHQUAKE-HIT TURKIYE AS IT’S ‘ONE EARTH, ONE FAMILY’

Invoking the spirit of G20 of “One Earth, One Family, One Future, India welcomed disaster relief teams on their return from quake-hit Turkiye.
No matter which country, if it is about humanity, then India keeps human interest paramount.
The whole world saw how and reached us immediately.
It shows our preparedness and our training skills.
The way our NDRF personnel have worked for 10days is worth praising.
India launched Operation Dost to extend assistance to the two countries by sending relief materials in collaboration with the Indian Army.
In 2005, the Disaster Management Act (DMA) was enacted and this renamed the NCCF as the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).
Accordingly, the funds of the NCCF were merged into the NDRF.Section 46 of the DMA defines the NDRF.
The NDRF is placed in the “Public Account” of GOI under “reserve funds not bearing interest”.
Since it is placed in the public accounts, the government does not require parliamentary approval to take money out of this fund.
The NDRF supplements the State Disaster Response Fund in case sufficient funds are not available with the state funds to facilitate immediate relief in case of calamities of severe nature.
The NDRF is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
The detailed accounts of NDRF are maintained by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) through the Chief Controller of Accounts, Finance Ministry.