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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).

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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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ANNEXURE

(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.

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.

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.

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Items

Norms of assistance

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(1)

(2)

(3)

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.

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