Prime Minister's National Relief Fund Has a Funding of 2875 crore

New Delhi 23: In the event of natural calamities or any other disasters, the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) provides assistance to the victims.  Presently, this fund has a deposit of Rs. 2 Thousand 875 crore 10 lakhs and the assistance disbursal of Rs. 2086 crore have been made from the fund between 2010 to 2017.

The PMNRF was established in the year 1948 with a purpose to assist displaced persons from Pakistan. The resources of the PMNRF are now utilized primarily to render immediate relief to families of those killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones and earthquakes, etc. and to the victims of the major accidents and riots. Assistance from PMNRF is also rendered, to partially defray the expenses for medical treatment like heart surgeries, kidney transplantation, cancer treatment and acid attack etc

Deposit to the tune of Rs 2741 crore in last Five Years

A total fund of Rs 3308 crores 88 lakhs was deposited during the last eight years between 2010 and November 2017. This was in the form of donations and interest on the PMNRF.  An assistance to the tune of of Rs. 2086.64 crore in the same period has been provided to the needy and the affected. In the last five years, 2741 crore 41 lakhs have been deposited in this fund. In the year 2010-11, there was a balance amount of Rs 1625 crores 64 lakhs and till November 2017 this amount has increased to Rs. 2875 crores 10 lakhs.

4 crores financial assistance to the victims of Maharashtra

A total of 4 crore 76 lakhs funding has been provided from the Prime Minister's National Assistance Fund to the victims of Pune’s Malin village landslide, Pune Bakery fire, the flood situation in the State, building collapses at Ghatkopar and Bhendi Bazar, the Elphinstone railway station stampede to the relatives of the deceased.

700 crores for Jammu & Kashmir flood situation

In the year 2014, about Rs. 743 crores fund was provided to combat the flood situation arising in Jammu & Kashmir and assistance to the disaster victims, and an assistance of Rs 142 crores was given to National Disaster Management Agency for aiding medical facilities.  In 2013, funds worth Rs 112 crore as relief fund were rendered in Uttarakhand flood situation. In the last eight years, the maximum funding of 624 crores was spent in the year 2015-16.

Maharashtra’s 41 hospitals are empanelled

Assistance from PMNRF is also rendered, to partially defray the expenses for medical treatment like heart surgeries, kidney transplantation, cancer treatment and acid attack etc.  Nominated hospitals on national level have been included oin the national panel to treat the needy for cardiovascular surgeies, kidney transplantation, acid attack and cancer treatment. 231 hospitals are included in the panel countrywide, of which, 41 hospitals in Maharashtra are empanelled, which is the largest number.  12 hospitals from Pune, 6 from Nagpur and 5 from Mumbai have been empanelled.