Odisha Relief Code with Latest Amendments
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Odisha Relief Code With latest Amendments Revenue & Disaster Management Department (SPECIAL RELIEF) THE ODISHA RELIEF CODE CONTENTS Chapter – I Preamble. General Principles and Standing Preparations 01‐06 Chapter – II Administrative Relief Organization 07‐11 Chapter – III Drought 12‐21 Chapter – IV Floods 22‐36 Chapter – V Cyclone and Tribal Disaster 37‐45 Chapter – VI Fire Accidents and Fire Relief 46‐50 Chapter – VII Relief Works 51‐55 Chapter – VIII Food Assistance and Feeding Programme 56‐62 Chapter – IX Administrative of Relief given by other Governments, 63‐65 Semi‐Governments, Non‐Official Organizations and individuals. Chapter – X Care of orphans and destitute 66‐67 Chapter – XI Health and Veterinary measures 68‐71 Chapter – XII Agricultural measures and provisions of credits 72‐75 Chapter – XIII Strengthening of Public Distribution System and stocking 76‐77 of food stuff for relief measures Chapter – XIV Special Relief to weavers, artisans and others 78‐79 Chapter – XV Miscellaneous Relief Measures 80‐81 Chapter – XVI Accounts and Audit 82‐86 Chapter – XVII Reports & Returns 87‐88 Scheme for Rainfall Registration 89‐91 Rules for Rainfall Registration 92‐99 Appendix ‐ I to XLIII 100‐236 Annexure ‐ I to XII 237‐267 ODISHA RELIEF CODE CHAPTER - I PREAMBLE, GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDING PREPARATIONS 1. Preamble (1) Most of the provisions of the Bihar and Orissa Famine Code, 1930, which were in force in the State, have either been outmoded or become obsolete due to radical changes in the concept of relief in a welfare State. The present Orissa Relief Code has been compiled to serve as an operational guide in relief matters in the changed context. Consequently this code supersedes the Bihar and Orissa Famine Code, 1930. (2) The provisions of this Code may be modified, revised and supplemented at any time by appropriate orders of government, if with the change of time and need, it is considered so expedient. 2. Scope of Applicability (1) The code will be applicable for administration of relief measures in the entire State in respect of Natural Calamities enumerated in paragraph 3 below and fire hazards. (2) It shall not be applicable for protection of cultivators against in roads of wild animals and for displaced persons for the regulation of which separate laws and rules are available. 3. Kinds of Natural Calamities and Other Distress (1) Natural calamities have dimensional differentiation such as (a) Natural Calamities which are fairly widespread, e.g., drought flood, cyclone and tidal disasters, earthquakes volcanic eruption, [heavy rains]1, [heat wave]2, etc. and (b) those that are localized, e.g., gale-wind, tornado, hail storm, distress resulting out of fire accidents, accidents relating to communication and transport services, lighting, thunder squall, virulent epidemics, locust menaces, [pest attack]3 etc. *Explanation (1): Heavy rain would mean three days or more of uninterrupted rainfall, the total amounting to at least 3 times that month’s average rainfall in the Block / Area. In absence of supporting materials, rain amount from 64.5 mm to 124.4 mm per day for continuous three days or more and / or 124.5 mm and above for more than one day may be treated as heavy rainfall for the purpose of the paragraph. **[Explanation (2): “Pest attacks” fulfilling the following critera shall only qualify for financial assistance out of CRF/ NFCR. (a) The Pest attack must have been caused or compounded by sustained adverse seasonal conditions. (b) The Pest attack must be in the nature of an outbreak or epidemic and such as could not normally have been prevented by human intervention. (c) The Pest attack should have affected crops in a sizeable contiguous area. (d) The extent of damage to the crops should be 50% or above.] 1 Classification of Rainfall amount (24 Hours rain fall in MM at 0830 hrs IST) Rain amount in mm. Description 0.0 mm. No rain 0.1 to 2.4 mm. Very light rain 2.5 to 7.5 mm. Light rain 7.6 to 34.4 mm. Moderate rain 34.5 to 64.4 mm Rather Heavy rain 64.5 to 124.4 mm Heavy rain 124.5 mm and above Very heavy rain (2) At one time `Famine’ was included as kind of Natural Calamity `Famine’ indicates a state of extreme paucity of food due to complete failure of crops consecutively for more than one year and acute form of human distress as well as acute distress to animals and birds on account thereof. With the development of quick transport and communication facilities and with improvements in the food production situation in the country, the conditions of famine could not be said to appear on any local failure of rains. Hence at present the question of declaration of any area as `Famine Affected’ does not arise. 1. Inserted vide Rev & Excise Deptt. Resolution No.38277/R dt.1.9.1995 2. Inserted vide Rev & Excise Deptt. Resolution No.30081/R dt.1.6.1999 3. Inserted vide Rev & Excise Deptt. Resolution No.30081/R dt.1.6.1999 * Renumbered as Explanation (1) vide Rev & Excise Deptt. Resolution No.30081/R dt.1.6.1999 ** Explanation (2) added vide Rev & Excise Deptt. Resolution No.30081/R dt.1.6.1999 4. Classification of Natural Calamities The Natural Calamities are broadly into two classes, viz. major and minor Natural Calamities. Government in respect of minor Natural Calamities (No relief measures are ordinarily under taken by Government in respect of minor Natural Calamities) which are of localized nature where the distress or loss is quantitatively less and is not wide spread ordinarily undertakes no relief measures. [In case of hailstorm where the damage and loss, through localized is severe, relief for house building (grant) and loss of life shall be given it the affected areas on the same scale as applicable to cyclone.] 5. Objective of Relief Measures The objective of the relief measures is not only to ensure that no one should die of starvation but also to prevent physical deterioration and destitution of the people and to enable them to resume their ordinary pursuits of life on return of better times and simultaneously to encourage the village community in making concerted and continuous efforts to fight a common misfortune. Boosting of the morale of the public in times of disasters is very much necessary and is, therefore, an important objective of the relief operations. The approach to relief in the present context has to be both preventive as well as maintenance of a common standard of economic health of the people. 6. General Principle Regulating Relief Measures Relief operations should not be viewed in isolation. They should be very much an integral part of rural welfare and development. The general principles under which relief measures are to be regulated are as follows. (i) Provision for labour intensive work – In view of the increasingly large funds which are spent for drought and other natural calamities in recent years, there is need to have an arrangement aimed at integration of development and relief planning of the areas affected by natural calamities. This would necessitate having a shelf of schemes or Contingency plan ready to be switched into operation on the occurrence of any natural calamity. The normal programmes are either 2 suspended if necessary, or slowed down, or modified to suit the needs and intensified. The normal programmes are subordinated to the contingency plan. The shelf of schemes or contingency plan may include employment-oriented works like reclamation and management of saline land, raising of shelter belts in the coastal areas, plantation works under soil conservation programmes, scheme of plantation of economic species in forests, mining, irrigation, digging and renovation of tanks and wells, sorting up of village industries by artisans, and the like. While preparing this Contingency plan, special schemes provided under IRIP, SFDA, MFAL, DPAP, TDA / ITDP, HAD, CAD, etc. should be taken into account. (ii) Provision of Food and Drinking Water – At a time of serious scarcity, its impact is keenly felt in the rural affected areas by the landless as well as small and marginal farmers. Scarcity of food and drinking water may lead to deterioration of physical health. By implementation of the aforesaid Contingency plan, which mostly comprises of programmes of development and rural employment to equip the agrarian community to withstand better the rigours of recurring natural calamities and to make the area flood and drought proof, both the problems of food and drinking water can be adequately solved. (iii) Gratuitous Relief – Grant of gratuitous relief as a matter of principle, may not be resorted to. But there may be certain vulnerable sections of the people who cannot be supported in any other way at a time of serious natural calamity. In such a situation gratuitous relief has to be given. Similarly children both non school going and school going and expectant and nursing mothers have to be provided with a supplementary feeding programme in order that their physical condition may not deteriorate. (iv) Assistance to cultivator to retrieve loss - (1) When a major natural calamity occurs it becomes impossible for individual cultivators to take either preventive or remedial measures by themselves. The State comes to their assistance to retrieve the loss suffered in kharif crops by way of increasing production in next rabi and kharif crops by providing – (a) easy availability of seeds seedlings for resowing and transplantation of the crops or for raising alternative crops; (b) arrangement for quick supply of pumps for lifting water from rivers, nallahs, etc.; (c) quick energisation of irrigation tube wells; (d) adequate supply of credit for purchase of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, bullocks etc.; and (e) undertaking prompt and effective measures for eradication of widespread pest attack if any.