This includes ₹6,195 crore on account of ‘revenue deficit grant’ under 15th Finance Commission recommendations for 14 states New Delhi: Finance ministry on Friday released ₹17,287 crore to different states on account of Centre's share of state disaster response mitigation fund (SDRMF) as well as revenue deficit grants in order to enhance financial resources of states to fight the Covid-19 outbreak.
While the first installment of SDRMF amounts to ₹11,092 crore, the initial disbursement of post-devolution revenue deficit grant for 14 states as recommended by the 15th Finance Commission (FFC) comes to ₹6,195 crore.
Under the SDRMF, Maharashtra received the highest amount of ₹1,611 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh ( ₹910 crore) and Odisha (