Union Home Minister chairs High Level Committee meeting for Central assistance to Karnataka

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New Delhi 19-Nov-2018

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC) here today to consider the additional Central Assistance to the State of Karnataka (affected by floods/landslides during 2018-19).The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Minister for Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and senior officers of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance and Agriculture and NITI Aayog were present in the meeting.The HLC approved the additional assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs. 546.21 crore to Karnataka.