CHENNAI: Union home minister Rajnath Singh has approved the release of the second instalment of the central share of State Disaster Response Fund amounting to Rs 353.7 crore for the current fiscal.An official release from the ministry on Saturday said the release was an interim relief as on November 30, to help the state in providing relief measures to the affected people of cyclone Gaja “Further assistance will be provided from the National Disaster Response Fund based on the final report of the inter-ministerial Central team,” the release said.The Central share of the SDRF is made in two instalments, June and December, as per the finance commission recommendations. The corpus is contributed by the Centre and state in the ratio of 75:25 for general category states. Whereas, NDRF is fully funded by the Centre. Tamil Nadu witnessed a severe cyclonic storm on November 15, affecting 12 districts. Following an interim memorandum presented by chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre constituted an inter-ministerial team on November 20. The team also visited the affected areas between November 23 and 27.“In the instant case, the Centre has provided full support to the Tamil Nadu government by mobilising timely logistics resources to supplement the efforts of the state government to deal with the situation effectively in the wake of cyclone Gaja,” the release said.The logistics support provided includes adequate teams of National Disaster Response Force, Indian Air Force and Coast Guard helicopters, and Navy and Coast Guard personnel along with necessary rescue equipment.