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No. 71 Poudouchéry Lundi 29 Mars 2021 (8 Chaitra 1943)
No. Puducherry Monday 29th March 2021
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 04, Puducherry, dated 29th March 2021)
ORDER
The Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi vide letter No. 33-4/2020/NDM-1, dated 22-03-2021 of the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, allowed for utilization of funds up to 10% of opening balance in the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) as on 01-04-2020, as one time dispensation, for COVID-19 containment measures during 2020-21 in conformity with the enclosed approved items and norms, which is in addition to the utilization of 50% of the SDRF allocation allowed during the year 2020-2021 is republished for the information of the general public.
ASHOK KUMAR, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Revenue/R & R).
LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 584 584ANNEXURE
(to Ministry of Home Affairs letter No. 33-04/2020-NDM-I, dated 23rd September, 2020 of the Disaster Management Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi).
The Modified List of items and norms of assistance from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)
in the wake of COVID-19 virus outbreak for the Financial Year 2020-21.
| Sl. No. | Items | Norms of assistance |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1. | Measures for quarantine, sample collection and screening (a) Provision for temporary accommodation, food, clothing, medical care, etc., for people affected and sheltered in quarantine camps (other than home quarantine) or for cluster containment operations. (b) Cost of consumables for sample collection. (c) Support for checking, screening and contact tracing. | Total expenditure on account of items 1 and 2 should not exceed 50% of the annual allocation of the SDRF. As such funding percentage of SDRF between these two items is inter-changeable, subject to overall capping of 50%. In these items, the other terms and conditions of the norms of assistance shall remain the same as earlier. |
| 2. | Procurement of essential equipments/labs for response to COVID-19. (a) Cost of setting up additional testing laboratories within the Government and the cost of consumables and testing kit. (b) Cost of personal protection equipment for Healthcare, Municipal, Police and Fire authorities. (c) Cost of thermal scanners, ventilators, air purifiers, oxygen generation and storage plant in hospitals, strengthening ambulance services for transport of patients, setting up containment zons, COVID-19 Hospitals, COVID-19 Care Centres and consumables in the Government Hospitals. |
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 resource of the State Government and not from SDRF.
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