'I request the Home Minister Amit Shah to include Covid19 as a criterion apart from the Finance Commission criteria for disbursement to states'

Ahmed Patel, @ahmedpatel – MP, Treasurer, Indian National Congress:

Central Govt must consider number of Covid19 cases & hotspots to decide allocation of State Disaster Risk Management Fund to states.
Under the current scheme states like Delhi, Kerala & Punjab have a large number of positive cases but are receiving very little funds from SDRMF.
I request the Home Minister @AmitShah to include Covid19 as a criterion apart from the Finance Commission criteria for disbursement to states.

the indian national daily