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No. 48 Poudouchéry Mardi 24 Mars 2020 (4 Chaitra 1942)
No. Puducherry Tuesday 24th March 2020
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
No. 1403/DRDM/PSDMA/COVID-19/2020-21.
Puducherry, dated 24th March 2020.
NOTIFICATION
The Modified List of items and norms of assistance from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in the wake of COVID-19 virus outbreak, Annexed to Ministry of Home Affairs letter No. 33-4/2020-NDM-I, dated 14-03-2020 is republished hereunder:
LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 238 238| Sl. No. | Items | Norms of assistance |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. M e a s u r e s f o r q u a r a n t i n e, s a mp l e collection and screening (a) P r o v i s i o n s f o r t e m p o r a r y accommodation, food, clothing, medical c a r e , e t c . , f o r p e o p l e a f f e c t e d a n d sheltered in quarantine camps (other than home quarantine) or for cluster containment operations. (b) Cost o f co nsumab les fo r sample collection (c) Support for checking, screening and contact tracing. | As per actual expenditure and as per the assessment of need by State Executive Committee (SEC), to ensure the effective containment of outbreak for a period up to 30 days. The SEC will decide the number of quarantine camps, their duration and the number of persons in such camps. This period can be extended by the SEC beyond the prescribed limit subject to condition that expenditure on this account should not exceed 25% of SDRF allocation for the year. Medical care may also be provided from National Health Mission (NHM) | |
| 2. | Procurement of essential equipments/ labs for response to COVID-19 (a) Cost of setting up additional testing lab o r ato ries within the Go ver nment and the cost of consumables (b) C o s t o f p e r s o n a l p r o t e c t i o n equipment for Healthcare, Municipal, Police and Fire authorities. (c) Cost of thermal scanners, ventilators, a ir p ur if ie r s a n d c o n s u m a b l e s f o r Government hospitals. | Expenditure is to be incurred from SDRF only (and not from NDRF), as assessed by the State Executive Committee (SEC) to strengthen the surveillance and control measures against COVID-19 virus outbreak. Total expenditure on equipment should not exceed 10% of the annual allocation of the SDRF |
Note:- 1. SEC shall ensure overall oversight mechanism so that no duplication takes place with reference to other Government schemes.
2. Any amount spent by the State for COVID-19, over and above the ceiling, would be borne out of the resources of the State Government and not from SDRF.
(By order)
Dr. ARUN, T., I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Revenue/R&R).
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