Financial Assistance for Natural Disaster

The scheme “Financial Assistance for Natural Disaster” was introduced by the Department of Revenue, Government of Uttarakhand. The scheme aims to provide timely financial assistance and relief to individuals and families affected by natural calamities, helping them recover from losses to life, property, and livelihood.

Under this scheme, in case of any loss due to a natural calamity, financial assistance of up to ₹10,000/- is sanctioned by the Tehsildar, up to ₹50,000/- by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, and above ₹50,000/- by the District Magistrate.

1. The applicant must be a permanent resident of Uttarakhand.
2. The applicant or their family must have been affected by a natural disaster.

Offline

• In the event of a disaster, upon suo motu cognizance by the Revenue Administration, or on the report of an affected individual, person from the disaster-affected area, or public representative, the revenue officials of the concerned area such as the Patwari, Kanungo, or Tehsildar will inform the officials of the Disaster Department, such as the District Disaster Management Officer. Subsequently, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Tehsildar, after conducting a field investigation through the Regional Revenue Sub-Inspector and related departments, will assess the damage and initiate necessary action to provide relief to the affected individual or family as per the prescribed rules.
• To identify completely damaged buildings, a three-member committee will be constituted at the District Magistrate level, comprising the Block Development Officer (or their representative) and one Junior Engineer. The committee will approve the relief amount for all buildings deemed completely damaged and unsafe for human habitation and will sanction the relief amount for the affected individual or family accordingly.
• If the financial assistance amount is up to ₹10,000/-, it is approved by the Tehsildar; if it exceeds ₹10,000/- but is below ₹50,000/-, it is approved by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate; and if it exceeds ₹50,000/-, it is approved by the District Magistrate.
• Currently, the distribution of financial assistance for natural calamities is conducted offline. However, the approval process at the office level has been made online through the Apuni Sarkar Portal. Once the approval is granted at the District Magistrate level, the sanctioned amount is sent to the Tehsildar through the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, who then forwards it to the concerned Patwari. The Revenue Sub-Inspector (Patwari/Lekhpal) subsequently disburses the amount to the disaster-affected person or family in the respective area. - After approval from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Tehsildar, the financial assistance is provided to the person or family affected by the natural calamity through the Revenue Sub-Inspector (Patwari/Lekhpal) of the concerned area.